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Ep. 225: Should I Become A Thriller Writer? (w/ J.T. Ellison)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is There a Dual Threshold Thrift?

There were two huge things. One is a process and one is craft. We had to show up with 10 pages every other week. And then the first time you get copy edited. That helps a lot. All the little things that you don't realize you're doing. The MFA mistakes that I would have been making in a more literary novel that don't fit into the thriller.

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