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All Quotes by author - Jeffery Deaver
" Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. "
Back
Tradition
Science
" For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story. "
Thriller
Very
Me
" I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. "
Heroes
Try
Very
" Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself. "
Human
Story
Like
" 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. "
Say
Writing
You
" I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. "
Meaning
Writing
Challenge
" In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures. "
People
More
Words
" In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. "
Relationships
Suspense
Even
" I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book. "
About
Eight
Book
" I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. "
Before
Begin
Single
" It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes. "
Think
Wade
Research
" I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. "
Said
Writer
Block
" I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper. "
School
High School
High
" I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. "
House
Hotel
Rooms
" 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. "
You
World
Driven
" Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories. "
Life
Human
Relationships
" Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence. "
Violence
Write
Crime
" Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with. "
Rule
Write
You
" So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot. "
Present
Human
Work Hard
" The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. "
Admire
Best
Learn
" The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law. "
Answer
Writing
Easy
" The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. "
Write
Sit
Book
" The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world. "
Law
Technology
Rest
" 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. "
Most
Responsibility
Ride
" 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. "
Style
Best
Find
" 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. "
Time
I Can
Eyes
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