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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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What's It Like Once You're in the Industry?

"I elevated the plot. I elevated the number of characters and their side stories," she says. "The first one wasn't quite dark enough because there was a redemptive thread." The darkest of her books won an award, but that's what they wanted it to be: 'dark' She has been writing thrillers for more than 20 years.

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