Emma :)
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Linwood Barclay:
Hi! I adore your books! And as an aspiring writer myself, I was curious to know where you can up with such intricate plot lines? I just finished "No Safe House" and am currently reading "Trust your Eyes".
Linwood Barclay
Hi Emma:
It's hard sometimes to describe how you do something. You just kind of do it. But I think what works for me is to throw in plenty of elements into a story. When you put a lot into the mix, you start seeing opportunities in how those elements can interact with each other. And when I get to the end of a chapter, I often think, what's the logical way for this to end, and then try to think of ending it some other way, some twist, even a minor one.
Thanks for the kind words!
Linwood
It's hard sometimes to describe how you do something. You just kind of do it. But I think what works for me is to throw in plenty of elements into a story. When you put a lot into the mix, you start seeing opportunities in how those elements can interact with each other. And when I get to the end of a chapter, I often think, what's the logical way for this to end, and then try to think of ending it some other way, some twist, even a minor one.
Thanks for the kind words!
Linwood
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