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804 - How to Write Books That Sell 160-Million Copies with Ken Follett
The James Altucher Show
Which Is More Satisfying to Write?
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The more complex kind of story is much more satisfying to write, if you can bring it off. I make it up before i write chapter one, so that when i begin writing the actual scenes, i've got a very clear idea of where everything is going. And for me, it's a matter of planning. My early books were all flops. I wrote ten flops before i had a good one. The good one, the what you mentioned to hive, the needle, was the first one that i planned. It may seem that they're only distantly connected. But it isbut it's moredi t and you'll know that in never, there are people in different
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