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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Actually Always Anything Arc Been Before Begin Characters Difficult End First Going Me Plotting Start Story Where Will Without Writing You

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I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Based Begin Characters Create How Killer Know Like Motive Novel People See Shape Start Takes Then Victim

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Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time?

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Always Am Because Become Characters Come Computer Creating Creative Except Front Going Itself Language Mind Mode Most Novel Part Plot Scary Seeds Sitting Things Though Time Typing Which Wonder I Am

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While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Adolescent Also Before Characters Create Deals Drive Had Instrumental Issue Never Novels Only Plot Point Point Of View Pov Resolving Those View Whatever Which While Written

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I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Characters Dark Dark Side Extremity Fascinating Greatest Happiness Interested Man Side Taboo

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Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.

~Elizabeth Mccracken

Topics: Ankles Characters Ears Feet Felt How Lately Often Own Scratched See Shocked Stuff Touched

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When I tell people there are three stories in 'Thunderstruck' that were from the same wrecked novel, they want to guess what they are. Nobody has. There are no characters or timelines in common. They're structured very differently. A good novel wouldn't have pulled apart so easily.

~Elizabeth Mccracken

Topics: Apart Characters Common Differently Easily Good Guess Nobody Novel People Pulled Same Stories Structured Tell Three Very Want Were Wrecked

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In 'Property,' none of the characters are based on any real people, but the house is very much the house that I moved into in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

~Elizabeth Mccracken

Topics: Any Based Characters House Moved Much None People Property Real Real People Springs Very

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Every day, I learn something new. I think one of the most exciting things for a writer is to work on a TV show. It's like a novel. You have a really long time to develop and learn about the characters, and you can just really keep digging in deeper, every week.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: About Characters Day Deeper Develop Digging Every Every Day Exciting Just Keep Learn Like Long Long Time Most New Novel Really Really Long Time Show Something Something New Things Think Time Tv Tv Show Week Work Writer You I Think

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I think you have to love the characters that you write. I don't know how you could possibly write a TV show where you didn't love the characters.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Characters Could How Know Love Possibly Show Think To Love Tv Tv Show Where Write You I Think

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