“Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best.” MayCharacterStoriesFictionRichCrimeHarderDrivenMaking MoneyPlotCrime Fiction Author:Linwood Barclay
“Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I start turning my attention to characters. Who are these people? Why did this thing happen to them? But the hook always comes first.” PeopleThinkingFirstsEnoughCharacterHappensAttentionThousandHundredThings HappenHook Author:Linwood Barclay
“Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.” IfsFirstsCharacterSituationNovelImagineShapesStartingWhat IfHook Author:Linwood Barclay
