A to Z Challenge Theme: Quotes from Authors and Bookish People about Writing
We’re off to a great start on the A to Z and I’m continuing with my mad rush of visiting other blogs! Today, I continue my theme with one of the most important skills of writing fiction: characterization.
concept of creating characters for a narrative. It is a literary element and
may be employed in dramatic works of art or everyday conversation. Characters
may be presented by means of description, through their actions, speech, or
thoughts.” ~Wikipedia
Here are the writing quotes for today:
- Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters,
make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what
they are made of. — Kurt Vonnegut
“When writing a novel a writer should
create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”― Ernest Hemingway
character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the
most intriguing flash of inspiration.”― Elizabeth George