by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | Aug 20, 2019 | Writing Tips
Where do you get your ideas from, Mr. Preston The most difficult question a writer is asked is this: Where do you get your ideas? It is by and large unanswerable, as the ideas seem to come unbidden and unlooked for out of some dark and mysterious inglenook of...
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | Oct 17, 2016 | Writing Tips
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Ten Writing Tips Doug’s top five: Writing is like exercise or learning a musical instrument: you have to engage in it every single day, seven days a week, for at least an hour. If you want to play Chopin in...
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog Article, Interviews
He Said, He Said by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Linc: We’ve noticed over the years that certain people have a variety of preconceptions when it comes to two writers working jointly on a novel. Some think that the work is doled out in drill-sergeant fashion:...