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> [Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the automobiles. Others talk about stories that are "plot-driven," as if the plot were neither the highway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/fiction-writers-come-up-with-some-interesting-metaphors-when-speaking/)

[James N. Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-n-frey/)

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## More by James N. Frey

> [All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/all-good-plots-come-from-well-orchestrated-characters-pitted-against/)

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> [“You can kill the spell of identification just as easily as you can create it—if you lose the readers' sympathy for the character. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/you-can-kill-the-spell-of-identification-just-as-easily-as-you-can/)

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> [You will never work through writer's block if you walk away from your typewriter. That will only make it easier to walk away the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/you-will-never-work-through-writer-s-block-if-you-walk-away-from-your/)

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> [For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/for-some-it-is-harder-to-write-a-novel-than-to-row-a-bathtub-across/)

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> [“So far, we’ve discussed how you start with a germinal idea and what makes a good one; then we discussed the villain profile and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/so-far-we-ve-discussed-how-you-start-with-a-germinal-idea-and-what/)

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> [When characters have different goals and are intent on achieving them, conflict results. If the stakes are high and both sides are unyielding, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/when-characters-have-different-goals-and-are-intent-on-achieving-them/)

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> [It has been said that Ernest Hemingway would rewrite scenes until they pleased him, often thirty or forty times. Hemingway, critics claimed, was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/it-has-been-said-that-ernest-hemingway-would-rewrite-scenes-until/)

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> [It is possible to combine a story line and plot line in the same work. Usually the storylines comes first, serving as a background…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/it-is-possible-to-combine-a-story-line-and-plot-line-in-the-same-work/)

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> [Novel writing is like heroin addiction; it takes everything you've got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/novel-writing-is-like-heroin-addiction-it-takes-everything-you-ve-got/)

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> [“Before you go ahead with a flashback, ask yourself if you can make the same impact on your reader through conflict in the now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/before-you-go-ahead-with-a-flashback-ask-yourself-if-you-can-make-the/)

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> [To set a forest on fire, you light a match. To set a character on fire, you put him in conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/to-set-a-forest-on-fire-you-light-a-match-to-set-a-character-on-fire/)

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> [Writer's block is real. It happens. Some days you sit down at the old typewriter, put your fingers on the keys, and nothing pops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/writer-s-block-is-real-it-happens-some-days-you-sit-down-at-the-old/)

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> [Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/fiction-writers-come-up-with-some-interesting-metaphors-when-speaking/)

[James N. Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-n-frey/)

> [“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/fiction-can-be-more-real-to-the-reader-than-reality-itself-because/)

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> [The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/the-opposing-missions-of-the-various-characters-create-the-plot/)

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