6 Quotes by Craig Hart about writing
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Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, aren’t flawless and chances are they are not going to be able to fully identify with a character who is.
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Characters are the lifeblood of anygood book.
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By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and withoutcharacter and plot, no book can survive.
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In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldn’t normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of the ordinary.
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So we all know the cliché characters: the Irish cop, the prostitute with a heart of gold, the writer with a drinking problem, and so forth. Clichés often exist for a reason, of course, and sometimes it’s okay to use a tried and true character. But not always. Populate your stories with only stock characters and there won’t be any reason to read your tales over anyone else’s.
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Anything that distracts from the story you are trying to tell should be promptly and mercilessly dealt with.
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