So I am doing that now. Shepherd 3 Drafted. ( drafted ....ands thanks to Paul for the info!,,,, is a sheep that haas come down to graze on richer pasture, and fits the story perfectly!)
The problem is that I have NO idea what is going to happen. I know how it starts, I even know ( I think!) how it ends, but as for what happens in between.. .. I couldn't tell you. I am going to leave that decision up to my characters.
Shepherd is the first time I have ever really written a story that involves 'people' , not just thin characters, and in part 2 they started to take over and to some extent I let them. After all they know themselves better than I do. Dale, for instance, was going to be a thug and a bully, but he turned out totally different to my origional plans, and is a much more believeable character.
So, I am doing the typing and they are doing the directing. It's easy with characters I know well, like Rebecca, Ed, Sara and Alec, but Shroeder makes an appearance in Part 3 and I am currently struggling with him. Paul, I hope, comes over as much more like the real Paul in the series.
Anyway, I shall see how it goes. I hope that, if you are aUFO fan and you are reading it, that you approve of the story. I have tried to keep it 'canon' and have tried to keep the characters 'real' .
And that is what matters really.