"Respect the way characters may change once they've got 50 pages of life in them. Revisit your plan at this stage and see whether certain things have to be altered to take account of these changes."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Rose Tremain

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“We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.”
“There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.”
“No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.”
“Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.”
“Shoot the moon," Aurora says dreamily. "Would it bleed, do you think? I think it would. I think it would bleed...shooting stars.”

Source : Sara Ryan (2009). “Rules for Hearts”, p.92, Penguin
“Too far-fetched to believe, too obvious to ignore.”
“As a writer, my job is to think of evil ways to destroy the world and save it. What could be more fun?”
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”

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