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I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
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Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.
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In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.
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I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.
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The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.
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Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.
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The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
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I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.
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To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of.
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Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.
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Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.
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The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.
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I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.
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I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.
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When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.
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