Interview with best-selling romance & mystery writer Toby Neal

‘People are preoccupied by crime because we want to recognise the wolves in our midst’

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Episode 63 – Toby Neal – Show Notes

• Writing is like a muscle – needs regular workouts
• 2000 words a day target
• Both a plotter and a pantser. More pantser for romance and plotter for mysteries
• Recording affirmations and listening prior to writing session
• Themes of good versus evil and the shades of grey in everyone and how love can overcome a multitude of problems
• Dark themes but with hope – fascinated with the duality between dark and light
• Mastering your craft – Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell – the 10,000 hour rule
• Take off your pants – Libbie Hawker – the hero needs to find a cure for their flaw
• Unconventional childhood – Memoir – Freckles
• Putting off writing goals for security – started with an anonymous blog – using real life experience as a school counsellor
• Speeding up the writing process
• Dictation, health and accessing creative brain by writing longhand
• Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens, The Outlander series – Diana Gabaldon
• Wired Truth: multi-cultural kick-ass female main character. Pushing the envelope for what’s acceptable with female behaviour. Experimenting with different kinds of love.

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