Characters or Plot… That’s the Question

2016 #ROW80 Round 1: Check-In 12 | 10 Minute Novelist: Update 6

The validity of character driven versus plot driven stories is as old as fiction writing. In my case, I prefer character driven because I fall in love with them before I know what’s going to happen.

This week, I’m working with a new WIP in which the setting has to be as important as the rest of the story. I have a three-page synopsis, chapter outline, and my main characters. The only problem? I’m not in-love with my boys, yet, be...