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> [There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore how the minds of their characters work, or to set aside the opportunity to provide necessary background exposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/there-are-vast-differences-between-scripts-and-stories-of-course-few/)

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## More by Les Standiford

> [“It’s like you’ve been in a terrible accident and had your arm amputated,” she told him. “After a while, the pain goes away, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/it-s-like-you-ve-been-in-a-terrible-accident-and-had-your-arm/)

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> [“Society.” John Forster, who would one day become Dickens’s great friend, adviser, editor, and first biographer, wrote in the Examiner that Dickens had excelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/society-john-forster-who-would-one-day-become-dickens-s-great-friend/)

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> [Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/maybe-it-s-because-we-as-writers-are-alone-so-often-are-so-attuned-to/)

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> [And while dollars have little to do with it, the fiction writer should be asking the same question any capable film producer would ask:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/and-while-dollars-have-little-to-do-with-it-the-fiction-writer-should/)

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> [Never open your story with a character thinking, I advise my students. As a further precaution, don’t put a character in a room alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/never-open-your-story-with-a-character-thinking-i-advise-my-students/)

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> [“That's easy," Russell said. "Because everybody else in this here place is crooked as a dog's hind leg. ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/that-s-easy-russell-said-because-everybody-else-in-this-here-place-is/)

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> [“Permanent construction of the sort Flagler was referring to would not come cheaply, however. Early in 1910, Flagler wrote to John Carrere, designer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/permanent-construction-of-the-sort-flagler-was-referring-to-would-not/)

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> [“The more a man learns, Dickens said, “the better, gentler, kinder man he must become. When he knows how much great minds have suffered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/the-more-a-man-learns-dickens-said-the-better-gentler-kinder-man-he/)

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> [“Daniel Maclise (whose 1839 oil of Dickens hangs today at the National Portrait Gallery).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/daniel-maclise-whose-1839-oil-of-dickens-hangs-today-at-the-national/)

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> [There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-standiford/there-are-vast-differences-between-scripts-and-stories-of-course-few/)

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