Alive Quote by Lori Foster

I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave…

— Brad Falchuk

When you're writing for a movie, you're trying to capture the emotion of a scene. I find it a fascinating process.

— Curt Smith

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I'm a very visual thinker, so the characters are running through my head, doing what they're doing when I'm writing them. And there'll be…

— Paul Dini

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

“Sometimes instead of creating a scene it’s better to quietly slip out of the scene, practically unseen. It saves a lot of drama, unless…

— Art Hochberg

Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

— Hayao Miyazaki

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah

If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. When you do that,…

— Sabaa Tahir

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.

— Will Hobbs

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together - the…

— Sarah Lancashire

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