But he never could have gotten it off the ground without his trusty outline.
Im definitely an architect.
I knew that I needed the architecture of the outline there.
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That was the most exhausting part of writing the book.
DONT be afraid to make things up
And no, were not talking about fake news here.
This is fiction, people, and Jake Tapper wants you to know its okay to embrace that.
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My job, in general, is nonfiction so writing fiction was liberating, he says.
If you cant find the answer to something, you just make it up!
DO write every day
Im an everyday guy Im a try-to-write-at-least-15-minutes-every-day-if-not-an-hour-or-two kind of guy.
I write in Google docs, so that wherever you go you have access to it.
Every time youre in an airport or on an airplane, write a little.
Im definitely the kind of person where an idea just pops into my head.
Ill excuse myself from a conversation or run into another room so I can write it down.
I dont really have the ability to do that, he says of off days.
There are times when Im not at 100 percent, especially because I have a six-day-a-week schedule.
Ill do two or three of those in a row and then Ill take a Sunday off.
It comes from routine and the occasional protein shake.
Weve already talked on the phone a few times, but in this administration the news changes so much.
I dont have any superstitions but I do say good show like they did onSports Night.
You know, because its Sunday.
And after the show I have a protein shake.
DONT have nerves
I dont really get nervous anymore, unless theres a big interview.
Before James Comey last week, I was nervous.
And the presidential debates were nerve-wracking.
