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<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>kilborn</strong> <strong>SErial</strong> <strong>blakE</strong> <strong>crouch</strong><br />
in which Joe and blake<br />
interview each other<br />
about the experience of<br />
writing “Serial”<br />
<strong>blakE</strong>: i know it must be a great thrill getting<br />
to work with me, probably the real reason you wanted to<br />
become a writer in the first place. Did the experience live up<br />
to the dream?<br />
JoE: i can’t remember where we met for the first<br />
time. i think it was Jon Jordan (editor of the Crimespree zine)<br />
who gave me one of your books and said, “read this, this guy<br />
is sick like you.” he was right. but to answer your question,<br />
yes, the experience lived up to the dream. i’ve collaborated<br />
on stories with several authors (henry Perez, Tom Schreck,<br />
Jeff Strand, F. Paul Wilson) but nothing ever came so fast<br />
and furious, with so little need for revision. We cranked out<br />
almost 8000 words in something like five hours. This might<br />
be a good place to talk about our co-writing process.<br />
<strong>blakE</strong>: You pitched this idea to me in an email:<br />
“now, let’s consider hitchhiking. You aren’t supposed to go<br />
hitch hiking, because the driver who picks you up could be<br />
crazy. You aren’t supposed to pick up hitchhikers, because<br />
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