I Looked At Her And Tried To

Writing Was Not A Childhood Dream Of Mine. I Do Not Recall Longing To Write As A Student. I Wasn't Sure How To Start.

It's As If We Spend Our Entire Lives Avoiding Jell-o But It Is Always There At The End, Waiting.

An Outline Is Crucial. It Saves So Much Time. When You Write Suspense, You Have To Know Where You're Going Because You Have To Drop Little Hints Along The Way. With The Outline, I Always Know Where The Story Is Going. So Before I Ever Write, I Prepare An Outline Of 40 Or 50 Pages.

It's A Game. We Tax Lawyers Teach The Rich How To Play It So They Can Stay Rich-and The Irs Keeps Changing The Rules So We Can Keep Getting Rich Teaching Them.

I Don't Start A Novel Until I Have Lived With The Story For Awhile To The Point Of Actually Writing An Outline And After A Number Of Books I've Learned That The More Time I Spend On The Outline The Easier The Book Is To Write. And If I Cheat On The Outline I Get In Trouble With The Book.