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Elizabeth George
American
Author
About the author
Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Want
#Words
#People
#End
#Job
#Name
#Beginning
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Will
#Literature
Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Events
I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Culture
I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Writing
It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Job
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
Elizabeth George,
American
Author
#Art
#Necessity
#Writing
#Writers
#Talent
#America
#Wisdom
#Encouraging
#Dying
#Footsteps