Ep 177: There Are No Rules (Except the Oxford Comma) -- with Eric Garcia
In this episode, novelist and screenwriter Eric Garcia (Matchstick Men, Kaleidoscope) shares book writing tips on ditching the rules, writing a novel by accident, and what's really changed in publishing.
He's published six books (so far), three of which he's sold to Hollywood. And somehow, he managed to write his latest novel entirely by accident. He set out to write a short story. Then it got longer. Then it was a novella. Then it was 80,000 words and he had to admit he'd written a whole book, mostly at night, while still juggling film and TV work.
We also talk about what's changed in publishing since his Random House days (Hint: mid-list used to mean stable; now everyone's terrified of it), why chasing trends is a losing game when a book takes years to reach shelves, and why there are no rules for how long a chapter should be, except the one that matters: Don't make me want to stop reading.
ABOUT ERIC GARCIA
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