Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Crystal Reveals the Shocking Inspiration Behind One Tick Stopped the Clock
MB: Can you talk a little about how chronic illness is often misunderstood? You put in some scenes with your mother and then with your father and stepmother. I wonder how they felt when they read this, particularly the scene when your mother loses it.
JC: They actually read an earlier version which had more of them in it. I then revised it down. I didn’t need to show them as much. My mom read it a lot. She’s a former English teacher. She really helped me with the final revision, which was a pretty big one.
