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Flesh and blood book patricia cornwell
Flesh and blood book patricia cornwell




Hemingway was very aware of this phenomenon. I've been repeatedly surprised how secret parts of my mind are creating something without my conscious knowledge. It's both a scary and amazing experience. I feel when we really open ourselves up to our urges and get our conscious brains out of the way, we're almost channeling things from areas we don't begin to understand. I've been fascinated by where ideas come from. What's surprised me most is the very process of creativity. After all this success, what has surprised you most about writing? More than 100 million copies of your books have been sold they've been translated into 36 languages and are available in 120 countries.

flesh and blood book patricia cornwell

I try honing my writing style to be as immediate, physical and tactile as possible, almost like the reader is watching television. I've always thought of writing as a glass window pane through which the reader enters a new world. I'm quite sure I'll continue writing in the present tense. So, I switched back to the first person point of view. They wanted to be inside Scarpetta's head. In 2003, with Blow Fly, I switched to a third person point of view. In writing a series, there's a lot of latitude for experimentation, opportunities to stretch your wings. I'm constantly exploring different ways to do it. You always want to evolve, and my goal has always been to get better at writing.

flesh and blood book patricia cornwell

I think a writer looks for different ways to explore abilities and skill sets. What brought about those stylistic changes? Your writing style has varied in the Scarpetta series - from past to present tense, from first person to omniscient narrator, and you've gone back and forth.






Flesh and blood book patricia cornwell