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Justin Cronin is an American author known for his science fiction novels. His works often blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, winning him a dedicated fan base. Born in 1962, Cronin's most notable work is the 'The Passage' trilogy.

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“One of the traps or the pitfalls of writing a trilogy - or a triptych, or whatever term you want to use - is that the second book can be a long second act to get you from book one to book three, which borrows all of its energy from the first book.”

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“There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life. And then, of course, the end of the world happened.”

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Book:The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)

Source: The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)

“If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.”

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“That literary-popular distinction is, in my view, vastly overstated. At the far poles there are clearly books that are purely commercial and purely literary, written for audiences that want to see the same thing enacted over and over and over again. But the middle is where most people read and most people write.”

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“There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go.”

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“One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and again. That is fine if it is what you want to do, but I would rather be locked in the trunk of my car with a weasel than write the same book every three years until I die.”

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“You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.”

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“So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.”

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“My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.”

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“Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times.”

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Born: 1962
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