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Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver
American Writer
Born: May 6, 1950
About Book Think Work Writing You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. Jeffery Deaver
Pretty Write Hotel Hotel Rooms House Anywhere Rooms Planes Much
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. Jeffery Deaver
Ride Responsibility Roller Coaster Think Possibly Give Thriller Writer Exciting Most Readers Answer Roller Roller Coaster Ride Suspense Story Coaster Describe
In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures. Jeffery Deaver
People Words Other Caricatures Books More Than In Other Words Who
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. Jeffery Deaver
Time Eyes Book Picture Type Out About Touch Scene Write Lights Go Yes Itself Close Then Shut
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. Jeffery Deaver
Work Best You Writing Other Way Admire Best Way About Writers Study Learn
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. Jeffery Deaver
Problem Writer Idea Said Block Often Thing
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. Jeffery Deaver
Best You Matter Big Style Books Way Find Best Way Write Genre Looming Block Subject Subject Matter Familiar Trying
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. Jeffery Deaver
Science Back Detective Detective Stories Featured Sherlock Tradition Sherlock Holmes Forensic Going Stories Holmes Certainly
In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. Jeffery Deaver
Conflict Relationships About Suspense Even Novels
The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law. Jeffery Deaver
Writing Law Easy More Practicing Answer Lot Than Fun Novels
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. Jeffery Deaver
You Writing Girl Poet Living Unless Frankly Poetry Make Does Lot Get Professor
Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself. Jeffery Deaver
Like Ideally Issues Integrate Itself Suspense Human Story
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. Jeffery Deaver
Mind Crime Research Think Back Criminals Scenes Alley Chase Through Takes Wade Blood Really Working Means Harder
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. Jeffery Deaver
Life Own Relationships Draw All Writers My Own Tend Writers Day-To-Day Day-To-Day Life Course Personal Personal Experiences Human Experiences Stories Separate Human Relationships Describing Keep Largely
I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book. Jeffery Deaver
Book Spend Months About Outlining Eight Researching
Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them. Jeffery Deaver
Live Books Paramount Write Readers Them
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. Jeffery Deaver
Book Sit Down Easy Percent Outline Write Part Then

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