How to Write a Great Book

If you want to see this done beautifully go back and read one of the Harry Potter books because there's almost a perfect sliding scale of reactive to active as the heroes move through it. The more information they learn the more plans they start to form until by the end Harry and his friends are going full bore on their own plan to stop the bad guy. You may have a fascinating villain for the beginning to hook people and keep them reading and then your protagonist accepts the call steps up and becomes just as interesting. If you can do that you'll have a great story.