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> [“time. Take a lot of it at the beginning of the writing process. I’m not talking about hours or even days. I’m talking about weeks. Don’t make the amateurish mistake of getting a hot premise and immediately running off to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/time-take-a-lot-of-it-at-the-beginning-of-the-writing-process-i-m-not/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

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## More by John Truby

> [“Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/audiences-love-both-the-feeling-part-reliving-the-life-and-the/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

> [“Any character who goes after a desire and is impeded is forced to struggle (otherwise the story is over.) And that struggle makes him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/any-character-who-goes-after-a-desire-and-is-impeded-is-forced-to/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

> [“Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/good-storytelling-lets-the-audience-relive-events-in-the-present-so/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

> [“time. Take a lot of it at the beginning of the writing process. I’m not talking about hours or even days. I’m talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/time-take-a-lot-of-it-at-the-beginning-of-the-writing-process-i-m-not/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

> [“The story world isn't a copy of life as it is. It's life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/the-story-world-isn-t-a-copy-of-life-as-it-is-it-s-life-as-human/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

> [“No individual element in your story, including the hero, will work unless you first create it and define it in relation to all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-truby/no-individual-element-in-your-story-including-the-hero-will-work/)

[John Truby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-truby/)

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