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Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don't panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Adventure Afraid Aside Characters Come Fun Go Going Halt Huge More Novel Off Panic Put Rescue Swim Take Than Them Together Trust Walk Week Well Writing You Your

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You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Anarchy Before Breathing Chaos Characters Feel Know Living Need Otherwise Panic People Plot Start You

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I don't want to make fictional characters who are perfect - that's a vanilla situation - but the fact is you are allowed to more carefully select and curate what it is you're going to explore.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Allowed Carefully Characters Explore Fact Fictional Going Make More Perfect Select Situation Vanilla Want Who You

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When I read Daniel Woodrell's novel 'Winter's Bone,' I was drawn to the characters, the setting, and the sound of the dialog.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Bone Characters Daniel Dialog Drawn Novel Read Setting Sound Winter

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In the U.K., working-class lives are depicted with the characters' humour, but in the U.S., people with difficulties are often depicted with pious or simply dreary lives.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Characters Depicted Difficulties Dreary Humour Lives Often People Pious Simply Working-Class

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The best thing in the world is to put two characters who hate each other side by side. Or put two people who love each other far away, so they have to reach for each other with their looks.

~Dee Rees

Topics: Away Best Characters Each Far Far Away Hate Looks Love Other People Put Reach Side Thing Two Two People Who World

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Creatively, I just like interesting characters. So straight, gay, or whatever - like, whatever, wherever the characters are coming from or their lifestyle.

~Dee Rees

Topics: Characters Coming Creatively Gay Interesting Interesting Characters Just Lifestyle Like Straight Whatever Wherever

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I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else.

~Dee Rees

Topics: Always Anyone Anyone Else Characters Direct Else Going Hand Over

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I'm interested in telling stories about characters that are interesting and who are challenging in some way, one that will make you think about them afterwards.

~Dee Rees

Topics: About Afterwards Challenging Characters Interested Interesting Make Some Stories Telling Them Think Way Who Will You

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Filmmaking was the way I could write characters and not have to give them up to anybody.

~Dee Rees

Topics: Anybody Characters Could Filmmaking Give Them Up Way Write

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