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“Survival—The basic need to live and survive. Safety and Security—Once basic needs are taken care of, we need to feel safe, secure, and protected. Love and Belonging—Once we have a home, we desire a sense of family or community or connection. Unconditional love and acceptance. Esteem and Self-Respect—Is earned love and respect for what you’ve done in your life, to be looked up to and to be recognized. The Need to Know and Understand—The search for knowledge. We have a natural curious desire to know how things work and how things fit together. The Aesthetic—The need for balance, a sense of order in life, a sense of being connected to something greater than ourselves. Can be spiritual. Self-Actualization—To express ourselves; to communicate who we are; to actualize our talents, skills, and abilities whether or not we are publicly”
― Victoria Lynn Schmidt, 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters

“Self-esteem means you can say to yourself, “I matter, and so do my goals.”
― Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days

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― Victoria Lynn Schmidt, 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters

“If you are working on a short story for a small online press, don't try to write a serious, world-changing, add-this-to-the-literary-canon masterpiece. Do your best work, but keep it all in perspective. Save the stress for when it is really called for, like facing a two-week deadline to rewrite a novel for a major house.”
― Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days

“Under the glimmer of moonlight among towering forest trees, walks the goddess Artemis. Close to her side she carries with her a silver bow and arrows.”
― Victoria Lynn Schmidt, 45 Master Characters