Writing Quote by Jessica Bell

“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because…

— Jessie Chandler

“...stories want to be told. Stories have a power of their own ... you can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it…

— Angelica Banks

“Things that only a writer would understand—you’re writing a character—you tell that character who she or he is and they stop you and make…

— Lisa Marbly-Warir

“You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never…

— Christy Hall

“I don't write stories, I write characters.”

— Bhavya Kaushik

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering…

— Ray Bradbury

“good storytelling is good because the characters — not the author — are in charge.”

— Sean Platt

“Great characters tell their own stories. The author just writes it down for them.”

— Molly Evangeline

“Write the story. Don't write sentences.”

— James Patterson

“The problem is that you don't always get to write your own story. You get written into some stories, and if ask why, there…

— Brendan Kiely

“There's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to.”

— Gloria Bevan