398: Trust Your Reader and Trust Yourself: Writing a Multiple Point of View Thriller - Interview with JK Ellem

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing JK Ellem.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack is the author of the Amazon #1 US & UK Best Selling book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mill Point Road, A Winter's Kill,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">No Justice Series</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. He was born in London and spent his formative childhood years reading infamous British comics like</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Action</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2000 AD</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. He has no agent, no publicist, and no huge publishing house behind him. Yet in 3 short years since he wrote his first thriller novel, he’s  become an Amazon #1 Bestselling Thriller Author in both the UK and the US in 6 crime fiction categories.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we’re discussing his Ravenwood series (which I read and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">loved</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">) and how to create mystery and suspense in multiple point of view novels.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode JK Ellem</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How a wrong turn and a gated community inspired his Ravenwood series.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why he chose to break the rules of POV and how he pulled it off.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Creating questions that get the reader involved in the mystery and control the pacing.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h4><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, his #1 tip for writers.</span></em></h4> <p><span s