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I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.

~Michael Connelly

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I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes.

~Michael Connelly

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I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

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Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing.

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That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

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I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have the access I used to.

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Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.

~Michael Connelly

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I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

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The characters I write about are very internal.

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I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

~Michael Connelly

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 21st, 1956

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