Jason Pargin
I do a massive amount of outlining and pre-planning before writing (most authors say don't do this) and build in all of these complicated call-backs and easter eggs etc (some of which people literally never find!). Like Book 3 is intended to be read twice, once you see the revelation at the very end and realize what was going on the whole time, but who actually does that? Nobody! It's all for nothing. Also I hop around while I'm writing so if I think of some funny pay off, I'll just scroll up and insert the setup. It's a chaotic nonlinear process and is not very efficient at all. No one should do this.
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Bryce Wilson
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Jason Pargin:
You've mentioned being into some youtube horror channels, but since Twitter is now a nightmare to navigate I can't find them. Is there any interesting work in indie horror you'd like to showcase? Authors too? P.S. Since you've mentioned not getting much fanmail about it, I just wanted to say that I loved If This Book Exists, second only to Spiders in my rankings of your novels.
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