How Does A Writer Write?

I enjoyed this interview with mystery writer Tammy Kaehle on the interview-based website Travels of John. She talks at length about the creative process, and about what's needed when writing genre fiction.

I think formula and cliché are different beasts … Knowing there was a formula when writing my first mystery was comforting, because I knew how to structure the story from the beginning. I knew I needed peaks and valleys of rising tension. I knew I needed to unfold clues over time, and I knew [the main character] Kate needed to have some crisis and be in some physical danger at the end.

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