Thursday, January 03, 2013

Yup, this is exactly what I meant to say**

"What happens to your characters isn't what drives the story. It's how your characters respond to those events that makes up the plot."
---blog commenter Theresa Milstein



I think this is very well said in a nice compact phrase.





**but needed a writer to make it sound right!
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10 comments:

  1. Andrea1/3/13, 10:44 AM

    Thank you! It's simply put and very true, and just what I needed to realize how to rewrite my next scene.

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  2. Theresa Milstein1/3/13, 10:50 AM

    Someone just emailed me to let me know I'd been quotes. As my Irish friend would say, "I'm chuffed!"

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  3. Anonymous1/3/13, 11:12 AM

    Theresa, it is a quotable quote.

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  4. JeffO1/3/13, 3:52 PM

    Yeah, that's stated pretty much perfectly.

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  5. Robyn Campbell1/3/13, 4:28 PM

    Theresa! You rock this writer's world! xoxo *chuffed*

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  6. Susan Oloier1/3/13, 5:21 PM

    Way to go, Theresa! I've read your writing, and I know this to be true!

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  7. Sharon K. Mayhew1/3/13, 10:10 PM

    Well said! Theresa is totally quotable and an amazing writer! I just Beta read an MG and a YA novel for her.

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  8. Kathleen Kaska1/4/13, 10:19 AM

    I couldn't agree more. I love it when my characters take charge help me plot the story. I've learned to listen to them closely.

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  9. Elizabeth Varadan, Author1/4/13, 10:37 AM

    Congratulations, Theresa!

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  10. french sojourn1/6/13, 4:05 AM

    I lead a character down a box canyon, she kept hinting not to. Had to scrap 6k words, then I asked her for directions. Good quote.

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