105 Quotes About Character-development

CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life.

All tales, then, are at some level a journey into the woods to find the missing part of us, to retrieve it and make ourselves whole. Storytelling is as simple - and complex - as that. That's the pattern. That's how we tell stories.

The most powerful enemies influence and defeat you in your mind.

Meggie dropped to her knees, scrambling frantically to collect the miniature clothes before more damage was done them, then she began picking among the grass blades where she thought the pearls might have fallen. Her tears were blinding her, the grief in her heart new, for until now she had never owned anything worth grieving for.

Wealth without character is another form of poverty

But Froi looked around with wonder. As if he had never seen the world from up so high before.

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice.

Rule 1: Each scene must advance the plot and the characters, but more importantly, the plot and characters must advance the theme.Rule 2: Do not be obvious about rule 1.

She was still in her late twenties, but the gap made her believe her body clock wasn’t ticking but had actually stopped.