His advice to aspiring writers ,“Read
a lot. Whatever genre you want to write in, just read a lot of it. If writers
want to be successful, they need to be infinitely sure about what they are
writing about. You don’t necessarily have to write only about things you know.
You can write about things you would like to know, that gives you the passion
to find out more.”
David Baldacci
(August 5, 1960)
Fun facts about:
The serious writing of David Baldacci
started when he already practiced school. He used late evening hours and dark
ones in the morning to create his first ever novel Absolute Power. It took
three years to finish it. Absolute power was made to a film
with Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman and Judy Davis. It earned $50
million, the same amount of money that the filming cost to producers.
To complete a book David Baldacci
needs at least a year. He puts a minimum of four months for research.
Baldacci is famous being behind the
schedule with his novels. This is the time when he sits and start writing for
10-15 hours per day.
2011 was the most productive year in
David Baldacci’s career. He published three books The Sixth Man, One Summer and
Zero Day.
