Beginning writers Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I can't really…

— Juliet Marillier

It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's…

— Jesmyn Ward

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and…

— Sara Paretsky

Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There…

— Robert Greene

When I'm writing, especially when I'm writing in first person, I don't think about the characterization, or how they are going to express themselves,…

— Richard Matheson

I often feel like that with the way I portray myself I come off as looking much worse than any of the other characters.…

— Marie Calloway

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic…

— Tobias Wolff

I'd like to think that what my style of writing is, is an attempt not so much to judge the characters that I'm writing…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I…

— Hari Kunzru

There's a point I can get to where I start writing character and then through the dialogue, after all of this preparation, the thing…

— Charlie Kaufman