“Unlocking the Mind of a Storyteller: How Blake Crouch Transforms Dark Obsessions into Thrilling Narratives”
“You kind of have to not want to do anything else and be willing to make those sacrifices,” he says. “The ugly secret of it all is that writing is an inherently selfish act at first because it is about you telling yourself a story. Now the flip side of that is you get to the other side of that and you create something that connects with people. Now you’ve given a gift to people.”
When you have all the information you need, it’s time to push away all of the distractions—from your phone to the other pressures in life—so that you can focus on this one thing that is so incredibly important to you. This is not easy, since for so many of us time is a luxury. But if you don’t make time to be selfish now, you won’t be able to see the long-term fruits of your labor later.
