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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.

Alan Dean Foster

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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Bad Bore Material Own Rapidly Tendency
I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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exchange Give Innocent Life Normal People Protect See
I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Action Activity Already Character Engage Many Though
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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Been Diet Discover Fury Gain Hit Month Pound Six Storm Women
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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All Explorer Traveler Want
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Always Belief Hard Intrude Reality
When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Carefully Danger Real Some Structure Thought Well
I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Beings Children Elaborate Even Fabricate Human
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Insanity Lay
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Available Certainly More New Start Write

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