The Easiest Way For Readers To Connect With Characters And Feel Sympathy Is To Make The Character Entertaining, Sympathetic And Likeable.
It's Like One Of Those Scenes From A Feel-good Hollywood Movie. Where Everybody Is Happy And Nobody's Hair Fizzes In The Wind. Where It Doesn't Rain, Your Shoes Stay Comfortable All Day, And Everybody's Jokes Are Funny.
I Wasn't Rebellious. Other Friends Had Far Stricter Parents And Where There Wasn't A Relationship Of Respect And Communication, They Were Usually The Opposite; Kids Go To The Other Extreme.
Yes, Simone, He Is Mentally Unstable For Being Attracted To You. Call The Men In White Suits.
And It’s When I’m Standing There This Morning, In My Pjs And A Hijab, Next To My Mum And My Dad, Kneeling Before God, That I Feel A Strange Sense Of Calm. I Feel Like Nothing Can Hurt Me, And Nothing Else Matters.
Life Isn’t Like The Movies. People Don’t Change Overnight. People Don’t Go From Arrogant And Self-righteous To Ashamed And Remorseful. They Don’t Suddenly Give In When They’ve Spent Years Taking Out. No Doesn’t Magically Become A Yes.
One Of The First Serious Attempts I Made To Write A Novel Was When I Was In Grade 6 And I Had Read 'matilda.' I Wrote My Own Version And My Teacher Had It Bound And Permitted Me To Read It To The Class - Cementing My Love Of Reading, Writing And Roald Dahl!
I've Always Loved Writing, And The Impulse For Me Is Storytelling. I Don't Sit Down And Think: 'what Political Message Can I Sell?' I Love The Creativity Of It.
My Family Are Observant Muslims, But I've Come To The Faith Through An Intellectual Conviction, And That's Something That They've Taught Me. It's Never Been Forced Upon Me. They've Given Me A Very Strong Identity As An Australian Muslim.
I Want To Be With One Person In My Life. I Want To Know That The Guy I Spend The Rest Of My Life With Is The First Person I Share Something So Intimate And Exciting With.
When It Comes To The Hijab - Why To Wear It, Whether To Wear It, How To Wear It - There Is Theology And Then There Is Practice, And There Is Huge Diversity In Both.
You Never Feel Good When You Lie. It Doesn't Matter How Much You Want Something, If You Lie To Somebody You Love, And They Actually, Sincerely Believe You, You Feel Like A Cockroach That Needs Some Serious Raid Action.
