Case Quote by Sabaa Tahir

Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes.

— Therese Fowler

Point of view is not something I consciously decide. Almost always, when I come up with a plot I find that the point of…

— Anne Tyler

I don't want you to think that I'm being willfully obtuse, but I've never really grasped how point of view could be regarded as…

— Zia Haider Rahman

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her…

— Annie Proulx

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her…

— Annie Proulx

To some extent, each sentence has to be the whole story.

— Lyn Hejinian

You really have to hold as many stories as possible in your hands before you figure out how to tell your singular story in…

— Nia DaCosta

If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of…

— Miguel Ferrer

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

— Ryan North

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

— Anish Kapoor

I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that…

— Raymond Buckland

The world needs your story in order to be complete.

— Anne Jackson