Plot Obstacles & Character Agency

I’ve said many times that I love when my readers ask questions in the comments. Questions here or on social media often make for fantastic post ideas, and they save me from having to think of a topic. *smile*

Today, we have a question from Ashley that gets at the heart of strong, proactive characters, especially in how that applies to literary fiction rather than genre fiction.

In the comments ofmy last post about plot obstacles and how to make sure our obstacles aren’t too easy or too hard,...