Wednesday, September 22, 2010

This Or That:

Is your story character driven or plot driven?

6 comments:

  1. Character, I believe.. But the plot comes before the characters when I'm starting. :-)

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  2. Nice.
    I agree.
    I have the plot in my head, but my characters lead me down this path or that path.

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  3. I think it's character-driven. That's what I decided before revising. It's probably more character-driven now than before. It's so hard to define my own work. What about you?

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  4. Ugh, it IS hard to focus and bring out the concrete of something that isn't so concrete!

    I totally agree, Kathy.

    At some point, even though my characters kind of meander and show me what they'd have me see, it turns plot-driven. It becomes what happens in the story. What happens to my characters that will bring them from here to there.

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  5. Unfortunately it was plot driven. A sweet agent pointed that fact out to me and now I am working on deepening the characters so that the characters themselves drive the plot. :)

    ~Rachel
    http://rachelpudelek.blogspot.com/

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  6. lol, understandable.
    Nice to know what some agents want :D

    I'm glad you're working on that manuscript you've got there, Rachel.

    Much luck! :D

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