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Good read. I recommend a similar essay by Ian Fleming on the topic that I love, "How To Write A Thriller" which contains quite a few gems:

https://lithub.com/ian-fleming-explains-how-to-write-a-thril...

> Well, I describe myself as a Writer. There are authors and artists, and then again there are writers and painters

> Writing makes you more alive to your surroundings and, since the main ingredient of living, though you might not think so to look at most human beings, is to be alive, this is quite a worthwhile by-product of writing, even if you only write thrillers, whose heroes are white, the villains black, and the heroines a delicate shade of pink.



> There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page. Yes, indeed :)




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