Jonny Mullan

Jonny Mullan asked C.J. Tudor:

Hi, just finished reading The Chalk Man - and loved it! Was wondering about your writing process. Do you fully outline your stories before you write them? If so, did anything drastically change from your original outline to your finished book?

C.J. Tudor Hi Jonny - and thank you! I'm not a planner. Definitely not. If I tried to plan everything out, I'd be bored before I started! I like to get everything down in a first 'vomit draft' and then I spend A LOT of time editing. Probably the most drastic change in The Chalk Man was that the eventual 'killer' was not the original killer! However, the ending and all the other major plot points remained pretty much the same from first draft!

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When reading The Chalk Man, it seemed to me that Stephen King was an inspiration to you. What's your favourite King novel?

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Do I need to read The Chalk Man before The Taking of Annie Thorne?

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Jess Whitby asked C.J. Tudor:

I've just finished reading "The Taking Of Annie Thorne." I loved it. There's a bit of a supernatural "hint" in it, which I really liked. What was your inspiration for this novel? P.S Nice to see some UK novels that are based north of Watford!

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