What if writers had a much smarter and different way of insulting others?

“Your life has barely any plot development!”

“We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.”

—Helen Hayes

“I want you to think of me like an endangered species - it's fine to look at me from far away, but be careful because I may bite if you come near and talk to me or touch me.”

—Haruki Murakami, in his first public appearance in Japan in 18 years.

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every writer everywhere: HOW DO I DESCRIBE THIS?!

Things A Scene Needs

Each character in a scene needs a goal. Obviously the main character’s goal is the most important, but every character should be aiming for something, and those goals should be acted on and in doing so affect one another.

This doesn’t just refer to the protagonist/antagonist relationship, it should be true of all characters in a scene.

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

—Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

In the end, there isn’t a right way to write.

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

—Sylvia Plath

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Follow the world’s creators.

“I want you to think of me like an endangered species - it's fine to look at me from far away, but be careful because I may bite if you come near and talk to me or touch me.”

Things A Scene Needs

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”