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Nancy Kress Quotes

Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect Picture Quote #1

Technology is Darwinian. It spreads. It evolves. It adapts. The most dangerous wipes out the less fit Picture Quote #1

Fiction is about stuff that’s screwed up Picture Quote #1

What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them Picture Quote #1

Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story’s emotional arc Picture Quote #1

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings Picture Quote #1

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You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I’m telling you that’s a pretty illusion Picture Quote #1

There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it’s a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it’s no judgment on your story and/or talent Picture Quote #1

Characterization is not divorced from plot, not a coat of paint you slap on after the structure of events is already built. Rather characterization is inseparable from plot Picture Quote #1

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Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect (Nancy Kress Quotes) Technology is Darwinian. It spreads. It evolves. It adapts. The most dangerous wipes out the less fit. (Nancy Kress Quotes) Fiction is about stuff that’s screwed up (Nancy Kress Quotes) What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them (Nancy Kress Quotes) Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story’s emotional arc (Nancy Kress Quotes) Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings (Nancy Kress Quotes) You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I’m telling you that’s a pretty illusion (Nancy Kress Quotes) There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it’s a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it’s no judgment on your story and/or talent (Nancy Kress Quotes) Characterization is not divorced from plot, not a coat of paint you slap on after the structure of events is already built. Rather characterization is inseparable from plot (Nancy Kress Quotes)