Next level Quote by Richard Ridley

“Character is the very life of fiction. Setting exists only so that the character has someplace to stand. Plot exists so the character can…

— John Gardner

“Your life is your story, so make choices that will write it the way you want it to be written”

— Brooke Stonex

“A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.”

— A.R. Voss

“If you're writing a story and YOU can't wait to see how it all pans out, then you are doing something right.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“Keep writing, dreaming and creating. There are no boundaries to your imagination. Writers are gifts to the world.”

— C. Toni Graham

“Sometimes the rules of writing get in the way of a good story told.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a…

— K.M. Randall

“...required for good fiction: character, conflict, change through time. And if you're really blessed, you get resolution. But life doesn't usually work out that…

— Ted Conover

“Stories close the gap and reconcile between what we want life to be and how it actually is.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“Slowly I discovered that writing was my way of coping with chaos and my cry of freedom, my homage to beauty. Because stories have…

— Vittorio Vandelli

“I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.”

— Haruki Murakami

“We create the story, and at the same time, the story is what sets us in motion.”

— Haruki Murakami