Thomas Perry
Thomas Perry
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 April 1963
CountryGermany
writing fiction grades
I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.
jobs writing years
I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.
character writing ideas
If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas.
thinking nine firsts
If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.
good-luck luck huge
Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.
book becoming village
Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer.
book writing i-can
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.
character writing looks
What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.
character common good-person
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.
character voice three
Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do.
book writing thinking
It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.
lying book character
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film.
way ability comfortable
Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.
writing listening funny-travel
There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working.