{"author":"Craig Hart","author_id":"Craig+Hart","total_quotes":4,"quotes":[{"text":"By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and withoutcharacter and plot, no book can survive.","author":"Craig Hart","tags":["character","plot","writing"],"id":13970,"author_id":"Craig+Hart"},{"text":"In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldn’t normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of the ordinary.","author":"Craig Hart","tags":["character","character-development","writing"],"id":180397,"author_id":"Craig+Hart"},{"text":"Characters are the lifeblood of anygood book.","author":"Craig Hart","tags":["character","writing"],"id":203877,"author_id":"Craig+Hart"},{"text":"Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, aren’t flawless and chances are they are not going to be able to fully identify with a character who is.","author":"Craig Hart","tags":["character","character-development","writing"],"id":262005,"author_id":"Craig+Hart"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}