Blog Post 9

"and he began to decipher the instant that he was living, deciphering it as he lived it"

Melquiade's sandscript seems to be working as Aureliano is reading it, basically writing itself, but the one thing I find confusing is, did this happen throughout the story or were the characters fates already predetermined? I just do not know how this sandscript worked, is it basically eliminating the characters free will and already predetermining their fates or is the sandscript writing itself as the characters make their choices throughout the story.