Bhavya KaushikI don't write stories, I write characters.
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I don't write stories, I write characters. is a quote from the movie "The Color Purple." In this scene, Celie, a young black woman, is asked what she does for a living. She replies that she doesn't "write stories," she writes characters. A character is an idea with a story behind it.
Every character has a story of his own. We all have stories to tell and we're all writing them right now. It's human nature to want to be heard and spoken of in the world.
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