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Janet Evanovich

American Writer

Born: Apr 22, 1943

Book Books Love Write Writing You

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The best we can do is prioritize our needs and make choices accordingly. Janet Evanovich

Best Needs Our Make Prioritize Accordingly Choices

I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and somehow turns into a story idea. Janet Evanovich

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When I'm plotting out a book, I use a storyboard - I'll have maybe three lines across on the storyboard and just start working through the plot line. I always know where relationships will go and how the book is going to end. Janet Evanovich

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I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans. Janet Evanovich

Fans Consistent Able Like Frequent Provide Being Literary Choices

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it. Janet Evanovich

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I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year. Janet Evanovich

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I'm a real voyeur. Janet Evanovich

Voyeur Real

I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want. Janet Evanovich

Stage Finally Reached Where Want Career

As writers, we all have an agenda, but if you recognize that agenda in a book, then you've failed. Janet Evanovich

You Book Recognize Writers Failed Agenda Then

Community, responsibility, flexibility, tenacity - these are all things that I imbue my characters with. They are basically good, nonjudgmental people who succeed at the end of the day, sometimes in spite of themselves. Janet Evanovich

Good Day People Sometimes End Of The Day Responsibility Community Characters All Things Tenacity Spite End Succeed Themselves Flexibility Who Things Basically

There's just so much craziness out there in the world; it's like I couldn't fit them all in my books. Janet Evanovich

World Books Out Like Fit Just Craziness Them Much

I know nothing about making a movie. Janet Evanovich

Nothing About Know Making Movie

I love Sherri Shepherd as Lula. Janet Evanovich

Love Shepherd

What I do miss is the Jersey Shore. Janet Evanovich

Miss Shore Jersey Jersey Shore

I'm a writer, but this is a business. You have to look at it in the way you would look at any business. Janet Evanovich

You Business Way Would Writer Look Any

You have to have honesty to the product. You have to meet consumer expectations. You give them value for their money and give them a product that they need. I don't see anything wrong with all these things. And I don't think it's a bad thing to meet consumers' expectations. Janet Evanovich

I've read comics all my life and have wanted to write a comic for as long as I can remember. Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker seemed like the perfect team to make the move into the graphic medium. Janet Evanovich

Writing a graphic novel is hard. It feels closer to a screen play than to a novel. Janet Evanovich

Writing Feels Than Closer Screen Hard Graphic Novel Play

'Troublemaker' is not an adaptation of 'Metro Girl' or 'Motor Mouth.' It is an original story. The hardest part was probably trying to keep the sound true to the novels. I always write in first person, and it was important to us that the readers of 'Metro' and 'Motor' be comfortable with the change over to a graphic novel. Janet Evanovich

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Like 'Metro' and 'Motor,' 'Troublemaker' is written in first person. The only narration that happens is Barney speaking to the reader/thinking in her head. First person was a big challenge in the graphic novel because we want both men and women of all ages to enjoy 'Troublemaker.' Janet Evanovich

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What I have to outline is action and plot because I'm not particularly good at that. Janet Evanovich

Good Action Plot Outline Particularly Because

I know the relationships, and I already know my characters and how I'm going to reveal my characters to my readers - how I'm going to feed them information about that character. That stuff doesn't have to be in my outline. Janet Evanovich

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