Plot-driven stories put major turning points, especially the inciting incident, beyond the character’s control. … Character driven stories do the opposite. They put major events in the character’s hands.*
Robert McKee

When language becomes exhausted, our freedom dwindles – we cannot think; we do not recognise danger, injustice strikes us no more than “the ways things are.”**
Madeleine L’Engle

Our lives are full of
both plot-driven and
character-driven stories;
Most important, then, is the
development of those qualities and
characteristics that allow us to
respond and pre-spond
in the most hopeful ways:
Talents,
Energies,
Values:
It’s the work I love
helping people with –
There’s always so much to discover.

*Robert McKee’s Character;
**Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking on Water.