Why You Should Write Character-Driven Stories
There’s so much to think about before you begin a new short story or novel.

You have to think about the genre you’re writing in. Reader expectations of that genre. The length you’re going to be aiming for. What ultimately the story is about. Who your characters are. What your characters want. How the story begins. How the story ends. What might happen in the middle.

There’s so, so much. And yet something you should never forget is that the best stories truly are the ones that are character-driven.

Now this is not to say that you should avoid telling a compelling story with high stakes and lots of tension and only focus on your character as he or she goes through the day.

What character-driven means, at least for me, is that the characters take control of the narrative. There’s not the sense that the author is playing God and just stringing along the characters, whether they’re one-dimensional or three-dimensional, from one destination to the next.
['Brian Rowe']
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