I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself.
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.
I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.
Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life, we may have to put up with tedious people, but not in novels.
My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.
One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what the things I'm reading about look like.
I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence.
I much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual.