Fiction

Every character in a book, even the most minor, needs a motivation. They have to want something. This is where agency comes from, because characters who want things are the ones who push the story to get them.

Fiction is about letting go of control and letting a universe or character unwind through the aeolian forces of your imagination.

Work backwards from the emotion you're trying to create in the reader. Then let the structure follow.

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

—Terry Pratchett