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I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart.
When I sit down to write a scene, I have a plan in mind, and I'm thrilled when a character disregards my goals and takes the story to a place I hadn't imagined.
As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.
I feel I should never do passive characters. They don't work for me.
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.
I was so obsessed by Lisbeth Salander and all the characters, but of course if you're going to write a crime novel worthy of Stieg Larsson, you need a plot, don't you?
