A step down from the Literary Agent Hypothesis, this is an author who speaks about the events in his stories as if he had no control over them. He claims heartbreak when killing off a character, commiserates with the fans over the Ship Sinking, and rants along with the fans at characters' What an Idiot! moments. Often becomes prominent when Cerebus Syndrome strikes. A writer who claims he just writes the thing usually takes one or both of two different forms: See also Writing by the Seat of Your Pants, which can lead to this. Examples in fiction: