“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
“These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself shaving. And these are not the sorts of things you feel the need to experience before you write about them.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingHappensCuttingSubjectsTerribleMurderThese DaysTerrible ThingsShavingMayhemCutting Yourself Author:Linwood Barclay
