Find inspiration in these quotes from crime thriller writers curated by the Imagahub review team.
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. ~Lee Child
Place the body near the beginning of your book—preferably on the first page, perhaps the first sentence. ~Louise Penny
I’m interested in starting stories at the moment of some crisis to see how the character deals with it. ~Paul Auster
Figure out what exactly is at stake, and how to establish it quickly. That’s your conflict. ~Katia Lief
I’m always pretending that I’m sitting across from somebody. I’m telling a story, and I don’t want them to get up until I’m finished. ~James Patterson
Life is about working out who the bad guy is. ~Sophie Hannah
An initial crisis may produce a question, one that takes the form of a challenge to the reader: Can they solve the puzzle before the answer is revealed? In its simplest form the crisis is a murder and the question is whodunit? ~Unknown
I can’t start writing until I have a closing line. ~Joseph Heller
Often know how the book will end and have imagined a number of major scenes throughout, but not always how I will get there. When I’m about two-thirds done I re-outline the whole book so I know that I’m delivering on all I promised. ~Jeff Abbott
Crime stories are rarely about crime. They’re a study of its aftermath. ~Unknown
The only writers who survive the ages are those who understand the need for action in a novel. ~Dean Koontz
People don’t read books to get to the middle. They read to get to the end.~Mickey Spillane
I do extensive outlines before I write a single word. ~Jeffrey Deaver
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