When I get started, those 2,000 words take all day, but once the book gets cooking and the characters start talking on their own, I can knock out 2,000 words in a couple hours. It’s an arbitrary figure I picked up from Stephen King, but it seems like a good chunk of text to go for. I guess I just got sick of sticking to the facts.Ģ.What is a usual writing day like for you, how is it structured? I like to write 2,000 words first thing in the morning. I wanted to take my stories to that next level where although you couldn’t prove the details, it seemed like a likely (and entertaining) outcome. But-if you’re doing your job correctly-journalism really limits where you can go with a story based upon the facts. It was especially good for learning how to set a scene and weave background info into a story.
Send More Idiots is my 2nd novel ( Pac Heights, 2013)ġ.What got you into writing / what made you sit down and actually start something? I was a journalist straight out of college, so that was a great way to learn the mechanics of writing and researching a story. I went to the University of California at San Diego and now reside in San Francisco.
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