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Institutions, status & social power · Core

Agency

Also called: choice power

ELI5

A character's or participant's capacity to make meaningful choices that affect events.

Used in conversation

“The protagonist needs more agency; too many major events happen without her choices.”

Pitch context

Use this when a deck or treatment needs to describe the people, world, tone or audience promise precisely.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Connected terms

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