Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Crystal Reveals the Shocking Inspiration Behind One Tick Stopped the Clock
MB: You chose to put a prologue in. That’s always a tough decision. Can you tell me how that came to be?
JC: I really liked Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, and thought about how I could model mine after that. I thought about what I wanted the hook to be. Ultimately it came back to when I found the rash, but didn’t know its importance.
MB: Where are you now? You’re a teacher.
JC: I have to thank you for connecting me to Grub Street. I truly feel like I ended up doing exactly what I was meant to be doing and teaching exactly what I’m meant to be teaching Writing to Heal. I first did it at Middlebury for the January winter term. Then I did a couple at Grub Street. Then we got a following, so I created Writing to Heal 2, an advanced course. Now we have an immersive program – a 6-month program you apply to.
