Nice blog post, Linda! My preference has always been to read and write character driven books. That being said, one book-length stream of consciousness passage doesn't hold my attention, so a little external events are necessary for me to remain engaged!
I find that almost everything I write = short stories, novels, etc. are ALL character driven. Plot is rarely considered. Oh sure, I want "things to happen" but I'm far more interested in how a character copes, relates, or carries on...that to me is far more interesting as a reader. And at the risk of sounding selfish...I believe in what Karl Ove Knausgaard says, "I write for myself, first." And what I like to read are character-driven stories.
Nice blog post, Linda! My preference has always been to read and write character driven books. That being said, one book-length stream of consciousness passage doesn't hold my attention, so a little external events are necessary for me to remain engaged!
Thank you. Same here. I try to read as much of all types of fiction as I can, with a few exceptions (which I shall not share here 😉)
I find that almost everything I write = short stories, novels, etc. are ALL character driven. Plot is rarely considered. Oh sure, I want "things to happen" but I'm far more interested in how a character copes, relates, or carries on...that to me is far more interesting as a reader. And at the risk of sounding selfish...I believe in what Karl Ove Knausgaard says, "I write for myself, first." And what I like to read are character-driven stories.
There have been exceptions for me, mostly because I like to expand what I read, but I gravitate toward character-driven stories as well.
Plot-driven novels definitely have a wide audience!