The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.
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The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.Jeffery Deaver
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.
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I have to say that there are certain books that exist to tell a particular story and then there are books that exist in the context of character.
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My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.
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When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.
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When I find myself frozen - whether I'm working on a brief passage in a novel or brainstorming about an entire book - it's usually because I'm trying to shoehorn an idea into the passage or story where it has no place.
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