I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
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Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.
Action is character.
One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.
So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.
For me, plot always comes out of character, so I had to be sure of my characters.
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
If you let the plot be determined by what you feel is in the character's mind at that point, it may not turn out to be a very good play, but at least it will be a play where people are behaving in a kind of truthful way.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
I hate it when characters know things but only reveal them when it's convenient to the story. I'd never do that. That's cheating.
I think situations are more important than plot and character.