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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.