Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" hap... by Tom Clancy

Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start.

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Speak your dialogue out loud. If it sounds like the way people ta... by Tom Clancy

Speak your dialogue out loud. If it sounds like the way people talk, then write it down.

sound writing people

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

rewards politics country

The general difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals like pretty pictures and conservatives like to build bridges that people can drive across.

differences bridges people

Life was such a strange thing, so permanent when one had it, so fleeting when it was lost- and those who lost it could never tell you what it was like, could they?

fleeting strange lost

I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

simple stories trying

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be changed.

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it.

you change life world

The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the... by Tom Clancy

The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets.

create society political change