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[Cookiez_N_Potionz]

Do people like plot-driven stories or character-driven stories?

With my story I think I'm doing half-and-half

The Maverick and The Succubus [LitRPG]

5 Systems. 5 Royal Families. Greetings, Champion! 17 year-old, Collin Rex is a football player with a heart of gold. But his easygoing life is flipped upside-down when his older siblings fall into a mysterious coma. With no more tricks in their playbook Collin's folks decide to move back to...

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[Deleted member 84247]

I have a preference for character driven stories.

 

[venomoussilence]

I myself prefer character-driven stories. But I read both.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

Yes

 

[WhaleSprite]

I like a good mixture of both but if I had to pick one, maybe character driven ones slightly more.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

I would think both would be ideal.
Leaving one out will hamper the spirit of the story, at least to me.

Both have their place, I suppose, and can be good on their own.

 

[Zagaroth]

I would say character driven is the slightly more important one. It would be easier to read something that was all character driven all the time than it would be to read something that was all plot driven all the time.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Plot is what hooks people in, but without strong characters driving the story it can become quite tedious, both to read and write.

 

[Madmcgee]

Characters for me.
I can power through a perfectly average and serviceable plot that I've seen re-gift wrapped a dozen times over.

But flat characters? That's what kills a story for me...

 

[RainyLiquid]

Both are good.

 

[Dec]

I like them both, and in every story, both elements are important.
You can have superb characters, but if the world is lacking, the story itself will be mediocre at best. Similarly, the other way -- you can have the best worldbuilding and plotline, but if characters are flat, they will ruin the story.

 

[TheTrinary]

Character driven, but only because it's rare that a plot driven story surprises me or can stay ahead of my predictions. I think there are way more variables when writing character.

 

[John_Owl]

I always prefer plot driven, but the characters must be interesting, independent of the plot.

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

Character driven is like picking a hero which is compatible with you. You will hate him for his skills or love that he would fit into your playstyle and how fun he would be to play as.

Plot driven is like how the match starts. There is the destination but how to progress depends on how the game will go. Will it turn into a simple crash and burn or an epic, fun-mashed game that would keep any person entertain for the entire playthrough.

For viewers, either type can be appreciated depending on how entertaining the game would be. The readers are like spectators who are watching a match and depending the hype value, the game would go either how it is played to be a cool and epic match or bore and headache inducing it would be.

Personally, I prefer how the author would take the story into a fun and enjoying read. Even if the plot is boring or the characters are generic, as long as he can entertain himself and how we can enjoy his creativity.

 

[Grizzly18]

Do people like plot-driven stories or character-driven stories?

With my story I think I'm doing half-and-half

The Succubus and The Maverick [LitRPG]

5 Systems. 5 Royal Families. Greetings, Champion! 17 year-old, Collin Rex is a football player with a heart of gold. But his easygoing life is flipped upside-down when his older siblings fall into a mysterious coma and no one knows why. With no more tricks in their playbook Collin's parents...

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Character driven all the way. Plot is absolutely important it is definitely as if not more important then characterization of your cast but a good plot can only go so far if you're characters are shit then people will lose interest in the story and stop reading whereas the plot can be a little weak but if your characters have depth and emotional development then they will stay. You can write a fanfiction that dozens have written similar stories about (so weak plotwise) but if the way you write your characters is novel and interesting then people will continue reading because it may be the same song but the dancers are intriguing on their own. Good luck with your writing.

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

Do people like plot-driven stories or character-driven stories?

With my story I think I'm doing half-and-half

The Succubus and The Maverick [LitRPG]

5 Systems. 5 Royal Families. Greetings, Champion! 17 year-old, Collin Rex is a football player with a heart of gold. But his easygoing life is flipped upside-down when his older siblings fall into a mysterious coma and no one knows why. With no more tricks in their playbook Collin's parents...

www.scribblehub.com

Most here say character driven, but I think the vast majority of stories are in secret plot driven even when supposedly character driven. The veneer is just better sometimes.

I always prefer plot driven, but the characters must be interesting, independent of the plot.

Plot~.

 

[Elevens_Listener]

Do people like plot-driven stories or character-driven stories?

With my story I think I'm doing half-and-half

The Succubus and The Maverick [LitRPG]

5 Systems. 5 Royal Families. Greetings, Champion! 17 year-old, Collin Rex is a football player with a heart of gold. But his easygoing life is flipped upside-down when his older siblings fall into a mysterious coma and no one knows why. With no more tricks in their playbook Collin's parents...

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Both can be good and better but it just depends on whether or not you make it interesting or not whether its plot or character driven. Do you make it interesting by focusing on plot or characters? That's basically what it is.

 

[silverriver]

I prefer plot-driven story.
Just my opinion, character-driven story where they use first person point of view, too much internal thoughts with less acts and less world changes, felt boring to me.

 

[Placeholder]

Eh. Weak plot or weak characters can sink a story.

 

[GlassRose]

There shouldn't be a difference, the characters should define and direct the plot and the plot should challenge and grow the characters. A story is about people undergoing challenge and how they grow and change and adapt. The plot matters because it's happening to the characters, and we watch the characters because they are faced with struggle and the need to grow due to the plot.

Characters without a plot are stagnant, and a plot without characters is a textbook. Divesting either from the other is an act of foolishness.