Had to choose between a quiet cabin or a bustling coffee shop for my novel's setting

I was stuck on a fantasy prompt about a mage's hideout and couldn't decide if it should be in a remote forest cabin or a crowded city coffee shop. I went with the coffee shop because I wanted more chances for random character encounters. Ended up writing 12 pages of barista arguments and spilled latte disasters. Has anyone else picked a weird setting and had it totally change their story's direction?

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tessa_kelly16d ago

Ha, so basically you traded wizards for latte art disasters.

valsullivan16d ago

Set my horror story in a laundromat at 3am, totally rewrote the whole vibe.