This article is by K.M. Weiland.
“Plot vs. character”—we hear it all the time, as if the two were mutually exclusive. Either your book is plot-driven or character-driven. Can’t possibly be both, right?
And anytime we run afoul of an either/or conundrum, you gotta know people are going to start believing one or the other is not only the best way, but even the only way to write a book.
Let’s consider this a little more microscopically. What would it take to make one or the other of these combatants “more important” than the other?