Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
Susan Elizabeth George is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 February 1949
CountryUnited States of America
godly average community
A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.
prayer matter no-matter-what
Prayer enables you to tap into God's wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what's going on.
joy presence-of-god
Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.
character our-actions habit
Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.
writing thinking culture
I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.
age were-meant-to-be seven
I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.
school years lakes
Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.
writing mean nails
Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can serve a whole passel of purposes in your novel, and to overlook one of them is to overlook one of the tools of the craft. Like hitting a nail with a screwdriver, if you know what I mean.
character emotional atmosphere
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.
character writing stories
Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
character dark men
I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.
character people shapes
I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.
character plot challenging-the-status-quo
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.
jobs novelists reader
It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.