EP378: Tim Sullivan — Character is more Important than the Crime

Tim Sullivan is a critically-acclaimed screenwriter who turned his back on Hollywood to self-publish thrillers. 250,000 downloads later Tim became a self-publishing phenomenon whose new DS Cross thriller The Patient is published by Head of Zeus. Tim takes us through his extraordinary career, the research he undertook to write a character with autism, and the role that both Derek Jarman and My Little Pony played in his career

In this episode you will discover:

Why honesty is essential when you’re a writer.
How screenwriters earn money without getting a movie made.
And why the character is more important than the crime…

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