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If it's broken, it can be fixed.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Broken
Fixed
Ifs
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Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Dumb
Judging
Smart
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I want the reader to be in the shoes of everyday people who are facing incredible dangers and wonder if they would make the same choices.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Choices
Everyday
Reader
Wonder
Dangers
Everyday People
Facing
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I travel, a lot, to research the locales for the books. I have professional contacts that I can ask questions of or show them scenes to vet.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Contacts
Vet
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There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Jobs
Rams
Stupid
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Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Fleeting
Trying
Writing
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The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Compliment
Entertainment
Notes
Reading
Nicest
Gotten
Readers
Received
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I want to be a writer you can always depend on for a good read during your vacation, during your flight, during a time in your life when you want to forget the world around you.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Vacation
Flight
Good Reads
Want
World
Life Time Good
Depend
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Austin
Creative
Mecca
Moving
Thinking
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An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility and revenge. He is going to be a major new voice in suspense fiction.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Heart
Responsibility
Revenge
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I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Believe
Character
Don't Care
Hero
Intricate
Plot
Relate
Villain
Believe Focus I Believe
Flaw
Readers
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You just have to sit down and write the next book. I mean, it's not all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Publicity
Uncommon
One Book
Ton
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I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement, so the outline is a living, breathing thing as well. I also re-outline when I'm two-thirds done, to be sure that there is an emotional payoff from all the plot lines and to be sure the story is as tight as it can be.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Improvement
Lines
Payoff
Plot
Detail
New Idea
Outline
Tight
Two-Thirds
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No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that the filmmakers may adapt your work in a way you don't like, then you don't sell the option. You know when you sell it that they will have to make some changes, just because film and TV are different media than books.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Running
Book
Media
Work Me Way
Work Your Me
Adapt
Option
Sell
Film And Tv
Work Me Your
Forces
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It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Jobs
Book
Feel Good
Publicity
Tidings
Uncommon
Writing
Good Me Control
Good Feel Good Me
One Book
Readers
Stick
Ton
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Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer todayall the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where publishing is goingand write the best story that you can. It sounds a bit glib, but I think this is advice a lot of people are having trouble following right now. It is so hard to focus. But that is the single key to success.
Jeff Abbott / Novelist
Drama
Thinking
Writing
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