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A perfect character is not engaging. Character transformation can be one of the most powerful effects in any story.
— Donald Maass, Writing the Breakout Novel
Your novel is like a brand-new, steam-powered train. If you don't keep tossing coal into the fire, your train will stop and the passengers will never reach their destination. One of your most basic jobs is to keep driving your story forward, through action and change, to its conclusion. Keep shoveling.
— Elizabeth Lyon, Manuscript Makeover
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
— Tom Clancy