Plot doesn't drive your novel, character does that.

Try and think of a book where that isn’t the case. Think of a story that really sucked you in that had nothing to do with the characters who were living out that story.

I bet you can’t.

The truth is, it’s the likable or relatable or interesting character that sucks your reader in.

What are they going to do? How are they going to get through this mess? How will they come out on the other side?

These are the questions that readers stick a...