question for Neil (Score 1)

Hey Neil . . . I just started reading your Sandman comics (I'm up to volume three) and today I got "Neverwhere" out of my school library. I'm always happy to get into a new author; I really admire your style. I first heard of you when I bought "Strange Little Girls", and I loved those single-paragraph stories that were really pure character development. This brings me to my question. I've never been on this website until just now so that I could ask you a question, so I don't know if this question is nerdy enough for you. As an avid writer and reader, I often take note of plot development versus character development. Which one of these do you prefer? I don't mean to make this a long post, but I really do love characters, and wouldn't mind at all if a book had no plot, as long as it had beleivable characters in it. Maybe you value both equally, but so far it seems to me that your expertise is with the characters. Thanks for looking at these questions; I wish you the best of luck in your future writing career. 3 Kacy Manahan