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Question of the day part 10
mare:
One more question then it's back to school work for me. :( lol
This is from what Julie said in her last post.
When you write, do you tend to write more plot driven stories or character driven stories? Which do you prefer as a reader?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 25, 2013, 11:17:16 AM ---When you write, do you tend to write more plot driven stories or character driven stories? Which do you prefer as a reader?
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I think I used to write more plot-driven stories and am moving towards being a more character-driven writer, but both as a reader and a writer, I think my favorite type of story is a plot-driven story guided by strong characters. Mare's new story Hope Is The Last Thing Ever Lost is a good example of one. It's plot-driven in that a van accident is the catalyst for the whole plot to unfold, and there are a lot of outside forces (a crazy hermit, hungry wolves) affecting the characters, but there is a lot of emphasis on those characters' feelings and relationships with each other as well. The way the characters react to the situation they're thrown into is believable based on the type of people they are and their relationships with each other, and their decisions seem to be based on what would make sense for those characters in that situation, not necessarily just what Mare, the goddess of her story world, wanted to happen.
I like plot-driven stories because I like action, and I like to make bad things happen to my characters that are beyond their control, but I want them to react in believable ways and change as a result of their circumstances, and that is where the character-driven element comes in for me.
usako:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 25, 2013, 11:47:37 AM ---
I like plot-driven stories because I like action, and I like to make bad things happen to my characters that are beyond their control, but I want them to react in believable ways and change as a result of their circumstances, and that is where the character-driven element comes in for me.
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This.
I usually have a basic plot, I know where the story starts and how it should end. During the story, there are some elements and things that have to happen but, aside those, it's how the characters react and deal with what happens to them that lead towards the end of the story. So I guess it's both.
mare:
I like that! Mare, the goddess of her own story world! LOL I would like to be the goddess of my own world world as well!
Thanks, for using Hope as an example. :)
I do like to write plot driven stories but my character development is also a huge part of the storytelling for me. I feel like you can't really have one without the other when you come from the plot driven side, whereas maybe the other way around it might be easier to live without a plot and just depend on characters.
When I read, it's all about the plot for me, but again the characters need substance or even if it's the best idea ever, it won't work for me.
mare:
Again I am having wording issues. WTF? LOL Nothing is coming out right today.
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