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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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Writing a Book

The plot needs to be great. I think we've conditioned the readers for a twist. You have to level up from everything that you're reading, that you you think you know about this, then put it on steroids and take it and turn it up to a right. Andy Weir brought in this new new type of hard sci-fi, like contemporary hard sci- Fi like super hard sci-Fi. And let me really get into the physics or whatever. Like everyone's doing. So anyways, everything's passing your test basically. What are you what are you pushing? What are you pushing to a new place?"

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