on Fiction University:

A plot is just the series of choices a character makes in a story.

Making a decision is one of the most important things your characters will ever do. Not only does it drive the plot, it creates tension and unpredictability in the story. Readers turn the page to see what happens next, and decisions are all about the “next.”

But there’s a catch.

Readers have to care about the outcome of that choice.

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