“There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought: this whole notion of writing for the person who understands nothing, the average reader ... He has to die! I can't have him in my head. And so the person I started writing for was the homicide detective.” WritingPersonsI CanWholeDiesReaderNotionAverageSatDetectivesNotebookHomicide Author:David Simon
“You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader from solving the puzzle.” WritingTryingStoriesReaderSolvePuzzlesDetectivesDetective Stories Author:Christopher Bollen
“Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for the writer and an obstacle for the reader.” SelfHardReaderObstaclesIndulgenceDetectivesOaksAdjectivesDecorationSelf Indulgence Book:On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction Source: On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction