Jeffery Deaver Quotes About Writing
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Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.
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But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.
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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 write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.
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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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I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that'. What you have to do is write what you enjoy reading.
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I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.
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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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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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Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.
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I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and believe me it's a lot better. That's a big part of the James Bond panache, that you're responsible, 100 percent responsible, for the success or failure of your mission in life, whatever it is.
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I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.
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Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up on sleep. It's that kind of book.
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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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If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say
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