"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."

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Source : Nancy Kress (2005). “Write Great Fiction - Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint”, p.18, Writer's Digest Books

Nancy Kress

#Character Quotes #Emotional Quotes #People Quotes

“Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low.”
“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”
“Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.”

Source : "Jason Isaacs: 'I like being anonymous'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2011.
“To forgive is not to forget, but rather to re-member whatever has been dismembered.”

Source : Carter Heyward (1984). “Our Passion for Justice: Images of Power, Sexuality, and Liberation”
“Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.”
“I give up so much to do what I do. Like, I give up a personal life. I give up my friends, my family. I give up a lot of stuff to pursue what I love and to make my fans happy. I give up so much. So, I'm going to be the best.”
“I don't think I should be underestimated.”
“success is 99% failure”

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