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
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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