Make him honest. I don't mean 'never fish for spare change in a pay phone honest.' I mean 'tell it like it is and own up to it' honest. Readers will forgive a character for any number of flaws if the character is honest about who he is and what he's doing. - K.M. Weiland

The first draft is for you, the writer; the second and subsequent drafts are for the reader. Trying to do both things at once - figuring out what we want to say, while also fashioning it for another human being to read - is the curse of writer’s block. - Karen Karbo