Jeffrey Archer knows how to hook his readers or viewers even from the other continent. Best selling author of books like not a penny more, not a penny less, Cain and Abeland latest next in lineLive video interaction with Meena T. Pillai elicits laughter from the young audience.
He was to speak on ‘The essence of a thick conspiracy’ at the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) in Kozhikode on Friday, and the anchor as well as some members of the audience pulled out all the weapons in their arsenal to get at the mystery. out of it “I can’t tell you that even if you slit my throat” was the author’s reply.
When asked about maintaining a balance between fact and fiction in his work next in line Based on the life of Princess Diana, Mr Archer said he wanted readers to keep guessing in each scene whether it was a fact or something the writers made up.
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He said that a good writer should be well educated and well read and advised aspiring writers not to show their work to anyone until they are satisfied with the draft itself. “Never write for the fans. Write for yourself,” he said. He also advised them not to be discouraged when publishers rejected their works. “Fifteen publishers turned down my first work. Then the sixteenth sold millions of copies,” he said. Describing the intense research he had done, he urged writers to write only what they knew, to be on safe ground.
Mr. Archer said that he is R.K. Narayanan’s writings and praised the aspirational drive of Indians.