– Ray Bradbury
As a writer, I can relate to this quote because it explains that you don't need to do anything or get frustrated about anything. The character is the one that does the actions and the talking. The only thing that the writer has to do is write what it is doing. When you are writing and you start getting frustrated, that means that you are not allowing the characters to do the work. That is because you want to do everything yourself. You shouldn't do that. The characters like to develop by themselves, you just do what they tell you to do. It's just like a human-being when it starts to grow and it learns to do things, like walking. It does not want you to carry it anymore because it already knows how to walk. If you carry it, the baby will start crying and you can’t hear anything with all that crying. When you allow the baby to keep practicing, the baby will walk perfectly and not fall. That is just like a character, once it starts doing its actions and decision and you want to control it, the character stops because you want to take control and that's why you get a writer’s block because you can’t hear anything. When you allow the character to take its position, it will walk fluently through your mind for you to write. You should allow them to make decisions. Your story will turn out great if you listen to them because they know what’s going on.
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