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And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story.

Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change.

Not all series books are sagas. Some are shaped more like beads on a string, separate episodes held together by a set of characters, who may or may not grow and change as the series continues.

I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television.

If you don't have the story and the unfolding of the trajectory of the saga, it's like getting in a car and not having any gas.

It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and see what hits. It all begins with story.

Main characters should grow and change during the course of a story.

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.

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.

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.