Ask the Author: Matt Witten
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Matt Witten
Good catch! Yes, Killer Story was originally named Clickbait. I changed the title when the Netflix series Clickbait came out, and I didn't want readers to get confused. Fortunately I like the title Killer Story even better!
Matt Witten
When I was nineteen, home from college for Christmas break, I got drunk and blacked out at a New Year's party. The next morning, I found a note in my shirt pocket from one of my two best friends from high school. The note read, "What you did last night was disgusting. I never want to see you or talk to you again."
I looked him up forty years later to apologize for whatever I had done. He couldn't even remember the incident! Leaving me to wonder whether I had dreamed it all up.
I told this story to the writers' room at Pretty Little Liars, and it became part of Season 2.
I looked him up forty years later to apologize for whatever I had done. He couldn't even remember the incident! Leaving me to wonder whether I had dreamed it all up.
I told this story to the writers' room at Pretty Little Liars, and it became part of Season 2.
Matt Witten
Go for long walks, swims, or bike rides.
Matt Witten
Listening to a lot of cold-case podcasts and watching true crime documentaries, and thinking about the tensions journalists face between telling the truth and getting the most possible clicks. Also, talking to young journalists about the stresses of their profession.
Matt Witten
A new novel called Clickbait, about a podcast reporter investigating a cold-case murder.
Matt Witten
Writin' is fightin'! (to quote Ishmael Reed)
Write what you're passionate about.
Write what you're passionate about.
Matt Witten
All the Edgar and Anthony Award best novel nominees that I haven't read yet, and Dark Tomorrows, by Reece Hirsch
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