Nancy Kress The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist. – Nancy Kress Care Quotes Characters Quotes Expect Quotes Figure Quotes Imprint Quotes People Quotes Protagonist Quotes Reader Quotes Story Quotes Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina,’ that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two. Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it’s still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn’t want information. He wants a story.
Obie Trice I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing. – Obie Trice
John Harvey Kellogg These charges that have been made against me, that Prof. Prescott has made, has charged against me, that I denied the atonement in conversation with him, are absolutely false. – John Harvey Kellogg
Joanna Newsom It’s valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it’s invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band. – Joanna Newsom
Merle Haggard When you get to readin’ about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes. – Merle Haggard
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