The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.
Terry BrooksFriendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire.
Terry BrooksWhat I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
Terry BrooksFiction writing is a twenty-four-hou r-a-day occupation. You never leave your work behind. It is always with you, and to some extent, you are always thinking about it. You don't take your work home; your work never leaves home. It lives inside you. It resides and grows and comes alive in your mind.
Terry Brooks