Brad Meltzer, Nicholas Sparks and Jennifer Egan Talk Writing Inspiration
Bestselling authors Brad Meltzer,
Nicholas Sparks and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan
appeared on the CBS Early Show about
what inspires them to write. Jennifer says writing gives her life
meaning. Brad jokes that his first book got 24 rejection
letters, although at the time there were
only 20 publishers. He said he had a
teacher who inspired him to write and
he thinks of her, and his late mother.
Nicholas (who has sold more than
90 million books) says you never
know if a book will sell.
He said the greatest challenger
of being a writer is getting the book
to sell out of the store.
The three authors have very different
approaches to writing. For Jennifer,
it's a more organic process. She
starts with time and place and
lets her unconscious flow. Brad
writes what he loves and is
interested in at the time, which makes
for some very different types of books.
Nicolas is all about the planning. He reveals the six things he has to know about his story before he can write it.
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