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Scenario

How to give agency to naturally passive characters

I keep writing protagonists who are passive observers of their own lives and I know this is bad storytelling but I cannot figure out how to make them active without changing who they are

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The challenge of dramatic necessity often conflicts with the authentic portrayal of contemplative or reactive personalities.

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Mura
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