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Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique.
Caroline Lawrence
Needs
You
Every
Out
Plot
Structure
Makes
How
Just
Happens
Story
Skeleton
Body
Flesh
Your
Body Needs
Unique
Each
When someone talks about Western films, you probably think of those old black and white cowboy films your granddad likes. But the Western is a wonderful genre because it is usually a story of a lone hero fighting against corruption in a dangerous world.
Caroline Lawrence
You
Corruption
Wonderful
World
Dangerous
Old
Hero
Black
Black And White
White
Fighting
Think
Films
Those
Lone
About
Someone
Likes
Genre
Talks
Because
Western
Cowboy
Story
Against
Your
All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come hither' for the story within.
Caroline Leavitt
Good
First
Important
All Writers
Seductive
See
Writers
Along
Come
Know
Readers
First Thing
Within
How
Cover
The First Thing
Story
Title
Thing
I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. It's like you have this skeleton, and you get to put flesh on it and hair and clothes and really wonderful jewelry.
Caroline Leavitt
Love
You
Jewelry
Wonderful
Hair
Clothes
Put
Like
Because
How
Discover
Get
Where
Rewriting
Story
Skeleton
Really
Flesh
The need for a detailed, comprehensive examination of the Saturn system became clear during the early 1980s, after the two Voyager spacecraft made flybys of the planet. These celebrated events were the opening acts in the story of humanity's exploration of Saturn.
Carolyn Porco
Humanity
Events
Made
System
Detailed
Examination
Comprehensive
Clear
Opening
Became
Were
Celebrated
After
Spacecraft
Story
Planet
Exploration
Acts
Saturn
Early
Two
Need
You don't want to burden some poor wretch with the entire story of your life.
Carolyn See
Life
You
Burden
Some
Entire
Wretch
Want
Story
Poor
Your
'Gillespie and I' is a deliciously morbid, almost smutty story, a compendium of inappropriate wants and smarmy desires.
Carolyn See
Morbid
Almost
Wants
Story
Inappropriate
Desires
My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Work
Jokes
People
World
Too Much
Dinner
Husband
Met
Too
Tell
Tempted
Never
He
Invite
Over
Know
Been
Where
Story
Them
Much
Really
Who
I think we all have mechanisms that we use, each of us individually, to deal with pain that we've had or just dealing with life or whatever. Everyone's story is different, but we all have some kind of mechanism that we use to deal with stuff, that we create pretty young.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Life
Whatever
Young
Pain
Think
Everyone
Kind
Some
Pretty
Had
Individually
Stuff
Deal
Dealing
Just
Different
Story
Us
Create
Use
Mechanism
Mechanisms
Each
'Revolutions' was beyond my wildest dreams. I just really enjoyed it so much visually, the action and then the story and the characters, the beauty of that. The love in the film really inspired me.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Love
Dreams
Me
Beauty
Action
Wildest
Wildest Dreams
Characters
Inspired
Beyond
Revolutions
Just
Story
Then
Much
Really
Film
Enjoyed
My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished.
Carrie Brownstein
Me
Unfinished
Guitar
Somebody
Style
Own
Else
Entire
Around
Built
Sounds
Story
Playing
We haven't evolved a hero story that's female. We're always trying to fit women's stories into this male structure, which is this rising action, this powerful conflict, and this falling action. And I think a female hero story is not that. It's something else.
Carrie Coon
Women
Conflict
Hero
Action
Think
Else
Evolved
Something
Rising
Something Else
Structure
Powerful
Female
Always
Falling
Male
Fit
Trying
Stories
Story
Which
I didn't plan to write YA - I had a story that simply wasn't working as a straight-up fantasy novel.
Carrie Vaughn
Write
Had
Simply
Ya
Story
Fantasy
Plan
Working
Novel
The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.
Cary Fukunaga
You
Casting
Part
Versions
Different
Story
Movies
Really
Theoretical
Many
Based
Imagine
You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to get the most out of everyone's potential. Part of it is just making sure we all have the same vision.
Cary Fukunaga
You
Vision
Ownership
Everyone
Out
Direction
Potential
Part
Feel
Performance
Most
Sure
Making
Get
Same
Just
Story
Much
Actor
Need
'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story.
Cary Fukunaga
Films
Kid
Those
Always
Familiar
Story
Jane
Enjoyed
The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it's a very different movie.
Casey Affleck
Love
Me
History
First
Love Story
Our
Our Love
About
Catherine
Mostly
George
Julia
Very
Different
Movie
Story
Whole
I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.
Cass McCombs
Love
Music
Good
Peace
Heart
Song
Sometimes
Too
Project
Good Song
Good Story
Course
Pray
Pray For
Lines
Story
Straight
Cuts
Many
Need
You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harry Potter' and have it be about Harriett Potter because nobody would read it; people only want to read an adventure story if it's about a boy,' and I thought, 'I don't think that's true.'
Cassandra Clare
You
People
Thought
Think
Harry
Say
Harry Potter
Would
People Say
About
Only
Potter
Could
Write
Never
Had
True
Adventure
Nobody
Like
Know
Read
Because
Boy
Heard
Times
Times People
Want
Story
Many
Things
No matter how many books you've written, whenever you sit down to write a new book, you always feel the same challenge - how do you shape this story into a book that people are going to love.
Cassandra Clare
Love
You
Book
People
Matter
Challenge
Sit
Down
Books
Write
Shape
Written
Feel
New
New Book
Always
How
Same
Going
Whenever
Story
To Love
Many
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
Cassandra Wilson
Song
Some
Written
Sort
Always
Behind
Story
Engaging
Even
Actively
Imagining
I've always been a big fan of Rachel McAdams. I saw her for the first time in 'Mean Girls,' then I saw her in 'The Notebook.' I've always wanted a role like 'The Notebook,' this heartfelt love story. I think Rachel's so incredible.
Cassi Thomson
Love
Time
Girl
First
Big
Love Story
Think
Incredible
Saw
Like
First Time
Always
Been
Big Fan
Heartfelt
Role
Wanted
Fan
Story
Mean
Notebook
Then
Her
The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
Cate Blanchett
Great
History
Cinema
Light
Perspective
Collective
Power
Draws
Facts
Well
Sheds
Well Known
Known
Story
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm not sure where the story is going.
Catherine Fisher
Day
Try
Few
Difficult
Write
Sure
Sound
Going
Where
Story
Much
Pages
Novels
Sometimes, you don't realize that something is actually a sidetrack for the story, or it takes the tension out of a scene.
Catherine Hardwicke
You
Sometimes
Out
Something
Scene
Takes
Tension
Story
Realize
Actually
The simple truth is that every veteran has his or her own unique story, and there's no single narrative about the issue of veterans finding civilian employment. And no single solution.
Cathy Engelbert
Truth
Truth Is
Simple
Veteran
Veterans
Single
Own
Every
Solution
Finding
About
Civilian
Simple Truth
Employment
Narrative
Issue
His
Story
Unique
Her
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