Books aren't written -- they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it. - Michael Crichton
Your characters must become as real to you as your neighbors—if they are not real to you, it’s for damned sure they will not be real to your neighbors. If they are real to you will be able to see the world through their eyes in addition to your own. – Tom Clancy