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- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting what pops out of an author's subconscious when he's not thinking about it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In crime fiction, I cut my teeth on early Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Alan Furst. I always loved the writing of Hemingway and Faulkner. Cormac McCarthy's 'Border Trilogy' has been a huge influence; I think I read those novels four times.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm most interested in people who've lived life in the extreme, which is what draws me to crime fiction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more insights that way.
- Crime Fiction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of fascinating people.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to write about realistic people doing realistic things. Or as close as I can get, given that I'm trying to write a suspenseful crime novel.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character drives the story, and the story drives the book. I don't think about where the action should go, or how much there should be, until it's required by the characters. When I find myself adding conflict just because I'm afraid that the reader might get bored, I know I've taken a wrong turn somewhere.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's odd for me to compare my stuff to Lee Child's, because I'm such of fan of his, and also because it's curiously something I never did until I kept hearing about our protagonists' similarities.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a purely craft standpoint, a simple character has a single motivation, while complex characters have two or three or more motivations, at least one of which is in direct conflict with another.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a carpenter or a builder or a home inspector, you have to have that kind of visual brain where you can sort of imagine something taken apart.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't wait for inspiration. Learn to cultivate it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that I do my best work at the beginning of the day, but I'm rarely in a writing mood when I sit down. I'm usually somewhat sleep-deprived, and I always have a long list of other responsibilities calling my name.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the beautiful distractions of the world - television and movies, video games, the Internet in general. But I try really hard to avoid them, because they don't help me become a better writer. They subtract hours from my day. And a writer's main currency is time. Time to daydream, time to walk and think, time to sit and do the work.
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- Nov 07, 2020