on Helping Writers become Authors:

Character agency is a hot topic these days, but truly it was always an important topic for writers.

Why?

Because a character (particularly a protagonist) with no agency is a character who isn’t likely to be very interesting.

More than that, a character with little to no agency won’t be able to generate and/or respond to conflict.

The result? The plot grinds to a halt.

So how do you create characters and plots in which agency is baked right into the mix?

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