“The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about character or theme or mood or mode or tense or person. But bowlers say, if you make the spares, the strikes will take care of themselves. If you can tell a story, everything else becomes possible. But without story, nothing is possible, because nobody wants to hear about your sensitive characters if there's nothing happening in the story. And the same is true with mood. Story is the only thing that's important.” IfsWantWritingPersonsImportantCharacterStoriesCareHappeningsTake CareStrikesMoodThings HappenSensitiveThemeSparesTenseBowlers Author:Stephen King
“The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.” CharacterStoriesHandsHappensInterestingWaveThings HappenLimitationFramework Author:Brandon Sanderson
“When you're a kid, you have no power. You're physically small and weak, and adults are constantly telling you what to do. So it's incredibly compelling to imagine yourself not only as someone to whom exciting things happen but as someone who is more than those around you. The problem is that then you begin to grow up and realize you're just a lowly muggle. … Is it possible that all of us, weaned on these stories, end up inevitably disappointed with mundane life as it actually exists?” EndsStoriesProblemHappensKidsGrowsRealizingGrowing UpImagineAdultsWeakExcitingThings HappenDisappointedCompellingMundaneExciting ThingsMugglesMundane Life Author:Paul Waldman
“There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger thing. And that's the story of my life.” LittlesReasonStoriesHappensBiggerLuckThings HappenMmaLittle ThingsStory Of My LifeEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A Reason Author:Georges St-Pierre
“Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciting twists and best turns are yet to come. And it absolutely does not matter how old or young you are.Like a bright carpet of wonders, enjoy the unrolling of your story.” DoeMatterStoriesYoungTurnsEnjoyWonderWonderfulHappenedExcitingProfoundBrilliantThings HappenDelightfulTwistsCarpetOnce Upon A Time Author:Vera Nazarian
“I think for me, what I'm doing on set is I'm watching things happen as an audience member and trying to just look at, what's the image we're photographing, how will that advance the story and what will the next image be.” ThinkingTryingLooksStoriesHappensNextAudienceMembersThings Happen Author:Christopher Nolan
“The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story.” EndsStoriesHappensIncrediblesThings HappenTricksHolmes Author:Rex Stout
“I don't really know that this story has a whole lot of things happen in it. It doesn't really. It's just a record of how things were in my life during this last winter. I guess things happened, but nothing out of the ordinary.” KnowsWholeStoriesHappensLastsRecordsHappenedOrdinaryWinterThings Happen Author:Markus Zusak