Quote by Lindsay Marene Ordone

“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.”

— Joanne McDonnell

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

— Molly Evangeline

“I love when the characters take over and live their own lives. I get to watch and write it all down.”

— Anna Adams

“You know you're a writer when you wish you could meet your characters and hang out with them.”

— Kerry Frith

“And it's not that I'm a good writer. I found good characters. They tell me what to write, and thank God for that because…

— M.L. Gardner

“...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

“I love my characters and I love my readers.”

— Patrick Zac

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

— Gloria Bevan

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

“I am not in control of how my characters live their lives, only in writing it down.”

— A.H. Browne

“Every story is ultimately about characters, and how they are affected by their adventure.”

— Chris Fox

“I trust my characters. They know their stories better than I do.”

— Rayne Hall