Making It Up with Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais, authors of The Second Son

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews authors Ryan Steck and Simon Gervais about their collaborative writing process and the importance of focusing on the reader.

“The biggest thing you have to be able to do with someone is step back, leave your ego at the door and just really both have the same mindset of like, 'Hey, we're in business together... every decision we make has got to be for the readers.” — Ryan Steck “I get excited every time he sends me new material, then I take over and I do a little bit and he reads it and he said, 'Oh my god, this is so good.' ... It's the new stuff that gets you excited even more often, because you discov...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guests: Ryan Steck, Simon Gervais

Topics covered

• collaboration
• writing process
• author insights
• ego in creativity
• reader focus

Keywords

• collaboration
• writing
• authors
• The Second Son
• ego
• reader engagement
• creative process

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Second Son

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