Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own.

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Every time you write, you are creating a new story. Each sentence is like a new block of stone, and each story is different. You can make the characters do whatever you want them to do. You get to choose what happens in the story. You get to choose what kind of people they are.

Source: The Sea Of Forgotten Memories

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