All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.
To combine telling an interesting story with brilliantly written characters is the most difficult thing to do.
I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that.
As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow.
Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.
Make your characters believable, and your reader will believe what they believe.
You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly.