![]() You have to know where to plant surprises, you have to know how to build suspense, how to cross-cut terror and struggle with humor,” he said. “You need the side that is very organized and rational to know where you’re going, what materials you need, what the arc of each character is. However, he did not abandon the organization and discipline he learned from business.ĭiscussing his craft with the students, he shared a message from his experience – first, that writers should follow their passion, and second, that they need to use both sides of their brains to create a story. ![]() ![]() The author, who also delivered a chapel presentation, was on campus in celebration of national Teen Read Week (see story here).īarron eventually quit his job, moved to Colorado, and authored 25 books, including fantasy novels for children and young adults such as The Merlin Saga series (Penguin), which tells the story of the legendary character’s youth. Those characters gave me great material for some of the goblins and trolls in my books,” he told 30 aspiring writers at Memphis University School November 1. ![]() “I would get up very early in the morning to write, duck out of dinner meetings and write, do character sketches of people in board meetings. ![]() Barron collected 32 rejection letters for his first novel, he turned to business, becoming president of a venture capital company in New York City. ![]()
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