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message 1: by Julia (new)

Julia Such great advice: that you can't "worry and write at the same time."


message 2: by Kern (new)

Kern Carter Love this answer. Creativity shouldn't have limitations, that's what editing is for lol.


message 3: by Michael (new)

Michael I wish my English teacher was like you, Gillian. We had to write a poem last year in 11th grade and then read them aloud to the class. I wrote mine on murdering and then eating a family (SOMETHING I WOULDN'T DO MIND YOU) and I couldn't read it or he would've had to 'report me.' I just like horror!


message 4: by Amelia (new)

Amelia Strydom Wonderful question as well as answer!


message 5: by Greg (new)

Greg The point about it being a sign that you are being lazy when that happens really rings true; its good to see talented writers put up those guardrails


message 6: by Nakia (new)

Nakia what a great question and I agree about the answer as well.


message 7: by Billy (new)

Billy O'Connor I LOVE your answer to this question


message 8: by Mahdi (new)

Mahdi Qorbani It's the rightest thing. When you write , you write and it's also all work of fiction.


message 9: by Amal (new)

Amal Omar This is so unbelievably true.


message 10: by Edw4rd0 (new)

Edw4rd0 Hey Gillian Flynn, this is Ed from Brazil and I'm a huge fan of your three first novels and Im soooo looking foward to the next one! When will it be released?? Love ya


message 11: by Judy (new)

Judy I would love to read and review Growup if you want me too, send me your email and I will email you mind , because I would do it in PDF


message 12: by Booky (new)

Booky Great question and great answer!


message 13: by abhijeet (new)

abhijeet OJHA I loved the book 'missing'


message 14: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Joyce Excellent inisight.


message 15: by Ameerah (new)

Ameerah Hareri Unfortunately I worry and write .. Because I think that worry what pushes me to write . I guess I need to diminsh this feeling and try to feel more confident and relaxed. For me it is really hard to do that because I am stressed all the time. I hope that sometimes I become like you. Having nothing to worry about while writing is absolutely mush better.


message 16: by Mike (new)

Mike Sueta When will your next book come out


message 17: by Nadeem (new)

Nadeem Patel Mam, ,, Have you ever been gone to re habitalization after involving in the character u have in books??


message 18: by MAHMOUD (new)

MAHMOUD الحرشاني For me, writing is a moment of love, serenity and suffering. It is not a moment like all moments. A completely different moment, and therefore, prepare for it psychologically and financially. Writing requires honesty and loyalty to the idea and subject that you address in your writing. Sometimes it is a moment of madness that does not happen again. It comes only once. And believe. I write as I breathe, I write the title and continuity of life
Mahmoud Harchani. Tunisia


message 19: by Asghar (new)

Asghar Abbas yep, it's fiction


message 20: by Michael (new)

Michael Swerdloff Thank you for this answer Gillian, I had the same question in my head when reading your books. As a counselor and social worker, it was inevitable that my mind would create a narrative around what came from your real life experiences and what came from your imagination. I appreciate you framing it as being lazy. Thank you for your answer, and your imagination.


message 21: by Leilany (new)

Leilany please queen enlight us with a new twisted book


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