Learning Quote by Marie Lu

My process is pretty messy, and there's a lot of creative destruction in it. When I set out to write something, I'll write some…

— Jesse Andrews

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.

— Julianna Baggott

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

Over and over I feel as if my characters know who they are, and what happens to them, and where they have been and…

— Anne Lamott

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

— Charles de Lint

My characters, I find them as I'm writing. It's quite incredible how fully realized they are in my mind, how many details I know…

— Paul Auster

I'm a huge fan of writing for people rather than writing and then trying to wedge people in. I'd love to know who the…

— Kenya Barris

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my…

— Siegfried Lenz

As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did…

— Charles de Lint

Usually I start with a concept, which I then sketch out so that I can get a feel for the character. The character doesn't…

— Noelle Stevenson

Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they're about…

— Anonymous