Lawrence Wright
I can only reference my own experience. I had to make a living, so I became a journalist. Nobody was going to pay me to write a novel or god forbid a poem. But the experience of being a journalist taught me how to research and allowed me into other minds I would never have the opportunity to do otherwise. I think even a little experience of reporting, going out in the world, finding out how others think, is invaluable for any writer.
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Granny Weatherwax
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Lawrence Wright:
Remembering Satan is a book that will always remain on my shelves and will not find itself in the second hand bookshop. The satanic panic epidemic depresses and frustrates me terribly. How do you cope with coming across events in your research that are obviously unjust but which you can do nothing about?
Will
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Lawrence Wright:
Hi there, Mr. Wright! Massive fan of your work in The Looming Tower and just getting into The Terror Years now. I'm an aspiring writer currently beginning my research into a similar topic and was wondering if you had any tips on finding and synthesizing sources into something as readable as what you've written in the past? Thanks!
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