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My life is an ongoing, ever changing adventure.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Adventure Changing Ever Life My Life Ongoing

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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Actually Believe Character Create Decided Find Had Ideas Individually Instead Journey Multiple Series Stories Story Them Thread Together Whose Would Writers Writing I Believe I Believe That

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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Always Before Begin Decide End Good Know Known Mystery Where Will Write You

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A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is going to be staged, for real.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Always Blueprint Going Keep Mind Must Real Really Screenplay Something Staged Therefore Whatever Will Write You

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Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Bottom Bottom Line Characters Compelling Conflicts Good Good Stories Interesting Line Matter Medium Need Stories Storytelling Writing You

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The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: About Advice Always Aspiring Be Real Best Conflicts Events Familiar Give Hopefully Know My Own Own People Piece Places Readers Real Respond Single Suggest Take Things Try Way Will Write Writers Writing

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To write, you need to find what you love.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Find Love Need What You Love Write You

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It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes just kind of come along for the ride.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: About Along Come Fun Heroes Just Just Kind Kind More Much Out Ride Scheme Then Think Villains Write

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I'd love to play the piano, and I'm going to work on it.

~D. J. Machale

Topics: Going Love Piano Play Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: March 11th, 1955

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