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Neil Gaiman's Inspiration for "The Graveyard Book"
1:06:19 - 1:15:48 (09:28)
Neil Gaiman discusses how the opening line of "The Graveyard Book" came to him and describes his living situation at the time in a tall house across from a graveyard while raising his young son.
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Neil Gaiman recounts his inspiration for "The Graveyard Book" which involved his two-year-old son riding his tricycle in a graveyard every day and the idea of a story about a kid being brought up by dead people, inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book."
1:06:19 - 1:08:34 (02:14)
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Neil Gaiman recounts his inspiration for "The Graveyard Book" which involved his two-year-old son riding his tricycle in a graveyard every day and the idea of a story about a kid being brought up by dead people, inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book."
ChapterNeil Gaiman's Inspiration for "The Graveyard Book"
Episode#366: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years To Do
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker talks about finding an old first chapter he wrote and how it contained a good pen portrait of his son.
1:08:34 - 1:10:56 (02:22)
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The speaker talks about finding an old first chapter he wrote and how it contained a good pen portrait of his son. He mentions trying to write a story about a kid being taught the things that dead people know in a graveyard.
ChapterNeil Gaiman's Inspiration for "The Graveyard Book"
Episode#366: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years To Do
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The author shares his experience of starting a new story with a terrifying first line and feeling conflicted about the tone of the story.
1:10:58 - 1:15:48 (04:50)
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The author shares his experience of starting a new story with a terrifying first line and feeling conflicted about the tone of the story. He credits his daughter for encouraging him to continue and talks about the importance of having an audience while writing.