A penny for your thoughts #10 (quote by Joss Whedon)

Words touch us all in different ways. Sometimes the original intent of a quote resonates so profoundly with us that it is hard to believe that another wrote it. Other times it is a single word, peculiar phrasing, or an alternative meaning regarding an event in our lives that resonates the most. I believe in the power of starting the day (and week) off with a positive thought -- and so was created A Penny For Your Thoughts. This is a weekly blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work?

1. Every Sunday a quote will be posted
2. Post your thoughts on your blog and/or the comment section of a participating blog. You only get the penny for one or the other. You can do both but it doesn't count twice.
3. Those with posts can join up on the Linky - Linky will not be active until day of post
4. Collect the pennies! Every week there will be a new penny to collect and include with your post.
5. RAFFLE ENTRY: Your site or comment needs to be submitted to this form as well so that your name can be uploaded to a raffle generator. If you're using a comment as a submission instead of a post, then put name of site where you left the comment in the "direct link" section.
6. On the last Saturday of every month the entries from the form above will be entered in a drawing. Winner will be notified on Sunday. You get as many entries as you have pennies for the month. Prizes will include books, gift cards, site promotion, and other bookish winnings!
7. Have fun! This is a fun way to start some discussion, discover blogs, and get to know more people. Please re-post these steps so that followers understand the process.

"You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them
peril, you find out who they really are."
- Joss Whedon

My thoughts...

This quote by Joss Whedon was regarding his thoughts on character development. I'm not a novelist, but as a reader I find just as much merit in this quote. Just as you see a real person's true colors when they are put in various situations, you see and connect with written characters when you're trapped in their thoughts while they navigate various situations. No emotionally moving book, fictional or not, achieved that emotion by leaving their characters sitting in living room chair the entire time. Furthermore, some of the best books I've read are by authors who admitted to deviating from their original character's "plan" because once that character had life they had to write by that life and not not necessarily the one they imagined. 

Collect the penny and share your thoughts! (worth 2 entries)

Next week's quote: 

"I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the
characters in romances. There are a great many human souls whom we should
accept more kindly, and even appreciate more clearly, if we simply thought of them
as people in a story."
- G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America

Other Posts Of Interest:

Remember to check your follow links regularly - by Jessi - November 22nd, 2014
5 easy tips for making your blog more user friendly for blog hops - By Jessi - December 27th, 2013
CAPTCHA challenge presented by The Book Wheel and The Relentless Reader - By Jessi - August 16th, 2013