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Q&A How is character development a major role in the plot of a story

People mostly say that the characters of a story have to be developed first, but I don't really understand why characters play such an active role. Can't the characters simply be classified as obje...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Jaystar‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:00:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/45458
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jaystar‭ · 2019-12-08T12:00:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
People mostly say that the characters of a story have to be developed first, but I don't really understand why characters play such an active role. Can't the characters simply be classified as objects?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-05-27T08:13:35Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 5