i ask myself those questions that you'd be interested to ask of somebody you met and liked. And that's what i do with the characters. One question leads to another. What's her mumma like? What's her father like? Who was her first boy friend? Was she clever in school, or was she rebellious? All of that builds up the char. Some of the anses never get in the book, as you've pointed out. But anyway, so i asked myself those questions, you know, am for any for any character, and who was the first person that he or she fell in love with? I could ask you that question, that would b i'd be
How does one write books that sell 160 million copies? What was the writing process looks like?
In this episode, I have one of my favorite authors, Ken Follett, the author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works, came on to talk about his writing process for his new book, Never.
Some of the things that we talked about include, developing characters, what can we borrow from the real world in the writing process, and what's the best approach to writing current politics and current events!
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