The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy. If he stresses over man's perception of a righteous heart, then he has given his heart to man.

~ Criss Jami

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There is one final point, the point that separates a true multivolume work from a short story, a novel, or a series. The ending of the final volume should leave the reader with the feeling that he has gone through the defining circumstances of Main Character's life. The leading character in a series can wander off into another book and a new adventure better even than this one. Main Character cannot, at the end of your multivolume work. (Or at least, it should seem so.) His life may continue, and in most cases it will. He may or may not live happily ever after. But the problems he will face in the future will not be as important to him or to us, nor the summers as golden.

~ Gene Wolfe

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Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.

~ Lisa Cron

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This is the time to remember that I’m the protagonist in my own story, facing every challenge with grace and wit.

~ Maya Van Wagenen

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What was the point of having a situation worthy of fiction if the protagonist didn't behave as he would have done in a book?

~ Julian Barnes

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...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

~ John Green

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Don't just write a strong female protagonist. Be one.

~ A.d. Posey

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Sometimes you’re the protagonist and someone else is the hero.

~ A.d. Posey

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We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.

~ Justin Alcala

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Putting a piece of you in your protagonist adds depth and merges the worlds of fiction and reality.

~ Adam Steven Page

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Your Writing Teacher ‏@WritingChiefIf u don't get ur protagonist dirty, ur readers will get bored. Readers are wild, cliff-jumping, mud-wrestling savages. Become their leader. (anonymous on Twitter)

~ Writing Chief

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From there, a more difficult period began. Even the villains, the world's worst people, the one percent, what have you, imagine themselves to be the heroes of their own stories, and I saw myself this way. I, too, could be a hero or protagonist, and not some mere bystander in the greater drama of someone else's life. It was awkward to see a murderer as a hero, so I had to constantly remind myself of how Auggie's stepfather had been selfish and evil.

~ Alex Kudera

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