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“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.”

Writing Stories Found Sides Impossible Deeper Impression

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.”

World Firsts Persons Character Stories Journey Share Reader Deeper Insight Focused Suits First Person Protagonists Personal Journey

Author:Juliet Marillier

“Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We can create a more complex structure with various story threads running parallel.”

Thinking Persons Character Stories Running Thirds Structure Complexes Various Deeper Exploration Thread Misunderstanding Parallels Third Person

Author:Juliet Marillier

“When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment of probable truth. Confirmed hunches, of course, are more upbeat than discredited hypotheses. Since the worst traditions of "popular" writing falsely equate instruction with sweetness and light, our promotional literature abounds with insipid tales in the heroic mode, although tough stories of disappointment and loss give deeper insight into a methodology that the celebrated philosopher Karl Popper once labeled as "conjecture and refutation.”

Source: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

“A good tattoo always has a story that runs deeper than the skin, and Inked tells that story.”

Stories Running Skins Deeper Tattoo

Author:Tara Dakides

“Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and more stories - some of them deserving of novels in themselves.”

Stories Behinds Novel Research Deeper Mythology Deserving

Author:Michael Scott