Amey Zeigler's Blog - Posts Tagged "character-driven"
What is story?
I just got back from a writer's conference in Atlanta. I loved every minute of it! But one question came up that intrigued me. What is story?
I studied Fiction in Communication in college and often thought about this question. Is story the things that happen? Or is it the character's reaction/action to the things that happen to us? Is story plot-driven or character-driven?
I'd like to say it's a mixture of both. Things happen to us out of our control. Then in order to take control, we make decisions for our lives. It happens in fiction too. The type of actions we take are largely based on our personality type, previous experience and desired outcome.
Most people will say plot-driven stories are popular fiction and character-driven stories are literary fiction, but I think there is always a mixture of both. Do you agree?
I studied Fiction in Communication in college and often thought about this question. Is story the things that happen? Or is it the character's reaction/action to the things that happen to us? Is story plot-driven or character-driven?
I'd like to say it's a mixture of both. Things happen to us out of our control. Then in order to take control, we make decisions for our lives. It happens in fiction too. The type of actions we take are largely based on our personality type, previous experience and desired outcome.
Most people will say plot-driven stories are popular fiction and character-driven stories are literary fiction, but I think there is always a mixture of both. Do you agree?
