Giving the Main Characters More Agency (Concept)

== Disambiguation ==
This page described the idea to treat the main characters of the story as individuals and less focused on a narrative end goal when plotting out their actions.
== Beginning ==
(Author's notes:)
I had an idea, thinking about what if I were the characters in "Heart" for example. Like if I was Stacey. Would I be timid with my powers, or do some stupid stuff with them like try to get rich somehow? Would I be reasonable or go full postal and kill people for the sake of justice? I have an idea to give try and see things better from the character's point of view, instead of trying to make Stacey seem good, same with Stanley. The question is, day to day, what are these people thinking? They don't have a grand idea of the story I"m writing.
What if for example someone on campus wanted to kill Stacey because of her powers. Maybe Stanley would try to kill them and succeed? If someone like Willy found out what happened, what would he do? Wouldn't Stacey be more secretive and defensive as someone who others would try to take advantage of? Is it logical that she would keep her sanity feeling so separate from humanity?