✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What Book Influenced You?
“The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn’t know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman’s ‘Marathon Man.’ That was the…
Love, Laugh, and Happiness
“The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn’t know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman’s ‘Marathon Man.’ That was the…
Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories. ~ James Patterson
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis… Do what is comfortable.…
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our…
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. ~ Lee Child
Those 4 guys in the late 60’s who attacked a jewel merchant on New York’s West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so they could steal his jewel-filled station wagon, which…
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. ~ Jeffrey Deaver
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do. ~ Lawrence…
Depending on what I’m working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it’s as if another writer is…
“My first rule was given to me by TH White, author of The Sword in the Stone and other Arthurian fantasies and was: Read. Read everything you can lay hands…