Amazon Quote by Stacy Thowe

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

“How well your readers connect with and care about this character determines the success of a story. In other words, if they've emotionally gone…

— Susan May Warren

“I get absolutely and undeniably attached to book characters to the point where I cry and laugh with them, and physically miss them when…

— Boodfessions #207

“...stories want to be told. Stories have a power of their own ... you can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it…

— Angelica Banks

“Great characters tell their own stories. The author just writes it down for them.”

— Molly Evangeline

“When a story gets wedged in your head and refuses to go away, when it keeps coming back, again and again, despite your seeming…

— Nidhie Sharma

“I’ve read countless literary works that detail the longing and ache that characters have for someone they love, and over time, I have developed…

— Jessica Park

I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that…

— Michael Connelly

“I don't write stories, I write characters.”

— Bhavya Kaushik

“And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were not alone…

— Adam Langer

“Things that only a writer would understand—you’re writing a character—you tell that character who she or he is and they stop you and make…

— Lisa Marbly-Warir

“I was first a reader and without readers what would be the point in writing. For those of you who love a good story,…

— Michelle Dennis Evans