“I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.” ThinkingWantImportantCharacterStoriesShowsCareWeekBalanceDramaHorrorImportant ThingsCompellingTrickyGreat Character Author:Oren Peli
“The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.” PeopleImportantBookStoriesLevelsNicePicksExcitingImportant ThingsAddGood Story Author:Jonathan Stroud
“Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.” WellsImportantStoriesLiteratureImportant Things Author:Kurt Loder
“Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived. Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.” ImportantStoriesBehindsExistenceGoneProudOne DayShotsImportant ThingsLegacy Author:Adam Braun
“Beginning authors often get in their own way … They forget that they’ve been telling stories since they could talk. … The important thing to remember is, you know how to do this. You’ve been doing this your whole life.” KnowsWayImportantWholeStoriesRememberForgetKnow HowImportant ThingsWhole LifeTelling Stories Author:Cynthia Leitich Smith
“To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.” IfsShouldMadeImportantStoriesWinningDifficultCareersMagicSacrificeImportant ThingsScreensCompromiseMade ItCredible Author:David Copperfield
“The story was the important thing and little changes here and there were really part of the story. There were even stories about the different versions of stories and how they imagined the differing versions came to be.” LittlesImportantDifferentStoriesImportant ThingsVersionsHere And There Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
“And it is a very important thing to be and do, if not the most important 'cause how you interpret a story can then make the difference. So it is a very powerful thing to be. And when misused, it's very sad.” IfsImportantStoriesCausesDifferencesPowerfulWonderfulImportant ThingsJournalistVery PowerfulVery SadMisused Author:Angelina Jolie
“The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing, entertaining, fun story to write and learn your writing chops with the least important things before you start applying them to the most important things.” ShouldWritingImportantStoriesLastsFunImportant ThingsEntertainingAmusing Author:Chuck Palahniuk