To Create Something You Want To Sell,

Giordino...simply Sighed In Resignation. "who Else," He Asked No One In Particular, "but Dirk Pitt Could Tramp Off Into A Blizzard On An Uninhabited Backwater Island In The Antarctic And Discover A Beautiful Girl?

I Plot As I Go. Many Novelists Write An Outline That Has Almost As Many Pages As Their Ultimate Book. Others Knock Out A Brief Synopsis... Do What Is Comfortable. If You Have To Plot Out Every Move Your Characters Make, So Be It. Just Make Sure There Is A Plausible Purpose Behind Their Machinations. A Good Reader Can Smell A Phony Plot A Block Away.

When I First Started Writing, I Was In Advertising At The Time, I Was Doing Most Of My Writing On Weekends. I Had Studied Most Of The Other Series Heroes And I Figured It Would Be Fun For Mine To Be Different And Put Him In And Around Water. So I Dreamed Up Dirk Pitt.

Sometimes My Plot Lines Are So Convoluted, I Get Calls From Friends At 3 Am Saying; You Sob, You'll Never Pull This One Off.

My Friends Joke That I Raised The Titanic And Never Left The Rockies.