In order for a narrative to work, the primary character should have a concrete desire - a need that drives her story - and the story's writer should make this goal known to the reader pretty early in the narrative.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first job of a storyteller is to make the reader feel the story, to get the reader to live in the skin of the character.
The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are going to end, and I know some important incidents along the way.
A story is built on characters and reasons.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.
I think my sensibilities about storytelling and character just automatically come into play when I'm trying to work on any kind of narrative. For me, it doesn't really matter what the source of the narrative is. I will be looking for ways to make it into an intriguing story with empathetic characters.
The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character.