My players are the opposite. They seem to probe for the "right" railroad choice and I wish they'd throw me a curveball every so often! I'll improvise if they let me!

I see some DMs with their 400 pages of notes going into session 0, and I’m just like “oh honey.” For me, it’s primarily a cooperative storytelling game, and you’re not being cooperative if you decide the story you want told up front.