The first quote that grabbed my attention was, “Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t” (51). I absolutely love this quote because it depicts my problem with writing. Before writing I like to imagine my characters. Their flaws, hobbies, work, responsibilities, etc. I place my characters in a box and I don’t let them out. I don’t let them grow, and this is what this quote taught me. My characters will grow as I write my story. They will surprise me as I let them soar into the air and let them fly.
The second quote that grabbed my attention was, “Over and over I feel as if my characters know who they are, and what happens to them, and where they have been and where they will go, and what they’re capable of doing, but they need me to write it down for them because their handwriting is so bad” (58). I love this quote as well because it seems that my characters have a mind of their own. Sometimes I feel as if I am not writing the story; my characters are telling their life stories to me. I am just a typist who has taken interest in their stories and am voluntarily writing it down for them. I learned that my characters need space to do unexpected things that will make my story more interesting instead of me deciding what all of their qualities are.
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