Just as some writers excel at creating believable – intriguing characters in
character-driven novels and
others at creating exciting – meaningful action in action-driven novels,
some characters are better at opening up and showing emotion in stories while
others excel at taking action.
With the belief that we write best when we understand our writing strengths and weaknesses, I include how to determine whether you’re an action-driven writer or a character-driven writer or a thematically-driven writer or a combination of all of the above in The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master.
In my work with writers, what I find fascinating is that often character-driven writers who love to delve into the characters’ internal landscape often write about characters who before moving on when faced with failure / challenges / obstacles in the middle:
- Slow down
- Reflect how they are doing
- Evaluate their behavior and reactions
- Look at what went wrong from all angles
- Learn from their mistakes
While action-driven writers often develop characters who are more impulsive and when faced with failure / challenges / obstacles in the middle:
- Don’t tend to stop to evaluate what went wrong
- Think less
- Act faster
- Multi-task
- Focus on the achieving the goal
In other words, often writers who excel at goal-setting for their characters and love action seem to create characters who move and act quickly and often impulsively to reach the reward at the end.
Writers who excel at creating characters who feel seem to create characters who think and ponder and evaluate on their way to reaching the reward at the end.
Which kind of writer are you?
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