Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the most powerful transformational catalysts is knowledge, new information, or logic that defies old mental models and ways of thinking.
If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can 'take over' as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.
The past guarantees you nothing in the future if the rules change.
Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't think it will work out, doesn't mean that it actually won't.
History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.
It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.