Suzanne Uchytil

“[The] reader is not primarily interested in plot. He is interested in what happens because he is interested in the character it happens to. No incident has any place in the story unless it has an emotional impact on the character--and on the reader.

Newbery Acceptance Speech”
― Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

“The best stories are the ones with the unexpected plot twists that no one would have guessed, even the writer.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Beneath every story, there is another story. There is a hand within the hand...... There is a blow behind the blow.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."

(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)”
― Anton Chekhov