A story that is character driven is one in which the personal traits and relationships of the characters are what primarily moves the plot forward.
It is opposed to a story that is plot-driven, in which the events that occur around and happen to the characters take center stage.
A character driven story is a story in which the characters move the plot forward.
A plot driven story is a story in which the plot moves the characters forward.
To use a geeky example, in the fantasy genre, an example of a character driven story would be the Harry Potter series. Typically three characters take center stage, and it is their interactions with each other and with other characters in the story that move the plot forward.
Conversely, a plot driven story in the fantasy genre would be The Lord of the Rings, in which the hero is largely at the mercy of events beyond his control, and the titular villain is given no dialogue and is almost never seen, except in so far as his influence is felt through the crises that occur in the plot.
this is a movie that is driven by the character.
The story is character-driven.
character- driven
the caracter is more important than the plot
The main character, or protagonist, is the one the story's about. The character who is in most of the scenes -- or talked about the most -- will be the main character.
A protagonist is the "hero" in a story or play. He or she is the main character, the one that the story is mainly about. He is opposed by the antagonist or "villain."
The story is character-driven
The main character is the one the story is about. Minor characters are characters who support or antagonize the main character.
The main character, or the central/primary character of a story is called the protagonist. It comes from the Greek word "protagonistes", which means "one who plays the first part, chief actor". The character that is the opponent of the protagonist is called the antagonist. The antagonist represents or creates and obstacle that the protagonist must overcome.
There is no "Tubby" in the Peter Pan story. There is a character (one of the Lost Boys) called "Cubby" in Disney's adaptation of the story, but the character's real name is "Curly".
The story is character-driven.
Whichever way you want! Some stories are "plot-driven," which means they revolve around the plot or storyline. You pick out a good plot and decide which characters will work best in that particular story. Other stories are "character-driven." You pick out the characters first, then decide which story they will get into. Most writers tend to write one style or the other, though there are exceptions, of course. I tend to be a character-driven writer whose main ideas are "How would these characters respond to this situation?" or "What is the story of this interesting character?" Can be either. I generally have an idea of the plot and then let the characters drive the rest - but sometimes the characters revolt and overthrow the plot. Generally, a guide to knowing which you prefer is, when you have a conflict of interest between plot and characters, do you change the plot or the characters? Whichever one you don't change is the one you prefer to use to drive the story.