Truth is irrelevant; what matters is what people believe.
Henry MosqueraTags: characters novel quotes thriller sleeper-s-run
It's not a romance, it's a love story.
Sadie JonesTags: love romance characters book
But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?
Shannon HaleTags: books characters plot reading-books
The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.
Franklin P. AdamsTags: characters fiction novel
Stories start in all sorts of places. Where they begin often tells the reader of what to expect as they progress. Castles often lead to dragons, country estates to deeds of deepest love (or of hate), and ambiguously presented settings usually lead to equally as ambiguous characters and plot, leaving a reader with an ambiguous feeling of disappointment. That's one of the worst kinds.
Rebecca McKinseyTags: love hate stories ambiguity characters dragons disappointment readers plot castles
In a book, even the real bastards can't hurt you. And you can never loose a friend you make in a book. When you get to a sad part, no one's there to see you cry. Or wonder why you don't cry when you should.
Dean KoontzTags: humor life friends books people characters
The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through? I believe the only way a writer can keep himself up to the mark is by examining each story quite coldly before he starts writing it and asking himself it is all right as a story. I mean, once you go saying to yourself, "This is a pretty weak plot as it stands, but if I'm such a hell of a writer that my magic touch will make it okay," you're sunk. If they aren't in interesting situations, characters can't be major characters, not even if you have the rest of the troop talk their heads off about them."
(Interview, The Paris Review, Issue 64, Winter 1975)
Tags: writing characters storytelling creative-process plot
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!"
(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)
Tags: writing characters creative-process detail generalizations specificity
Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."
(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)
Tags: writing characters creative-process state-of-mind
I see God now as an unimaginative writer of popular fictions, someone who builds stories around sadistic and graceless plots, narratives that exist only to express His terror of a woman's power to choose who and how to love, to redefine love as she sees fit, not as God thinks it ought to be. The author is unworthy of His own characters.
Joe HillTags: love women characters authors loss-of-faith
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