“Without character, a story is just an anecdote”

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“If I have a story where I get the voice right, then I can keep changing what happens in the story. If I have a story where I’ve got a really interesting plot but I can’t hear a voice, it doesn’t matter that the story is interesting. Without character, it’s just an anecdote.” 

David James Poissant, The Writer Magazine (May 28, 2014)