William G. Tapply Quote

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.


The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit: Easyread Edition (ed. 2009)


Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.