Gregg Hurwitz, author of 'The Last Orphan' - New York Times bestseller discusses diving into research, fixing the small things, and advice from James Patterson
Writer's Routine
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Are You Concerned About the Quality of the Words?
In an ideal day, when you have managed to get four hours done before anyone intrudes, is there a name for that four hours? Is there a word count? Are you aiming for a particular point in the story? Not anymore. I've had days where I'm just kind of laying map for a bunch of stuff that's forward. If I'm writing well, really writing, I can't pretty chunky days. You're concerned about the quality of those words. But like, towards the back end of a book, I mean, I've had streaks where I write it. It was harder for me to not be in the book than to being in the book.
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