Books Quote by Shannon L. Alder

“Never make someone else the main character in your own story.”

— J.M. Darhower

“Remember, you can’t change anybody else. But you can write your own story differently.”

— Ann Marie Stewart

“Never compromise your character's personality just to make a scene more exciting. Stories flow through your character, so never forget who they are.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“He had become a character in a play, same story, over and over.”

— Ari Berk

“If you can’t be of good character, write a good character.”

— Rosen Trevithick

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's.”

— Terry Pratchett

“change your story. Change who you are. Choose to see something different in yourself,”

— E.N. Joy

“I realised that when someone plays hard to get, they are making themselves into a character in a story, and they choose the story…

— Scarlett Thomas

“Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being.”

— Ken Scott

“No matter who you are, your life is an unwritten story.”

— Mike Connors Thaggard III

“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