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Jonathan Tropper
American
Writer
Born:
Feb 19
,
1970
Book
Bunch
Get
People
Think
You
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When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by the ghost of an evil blues musician.
Jonathan Tropper
Evil
First
Hundred
Ghost
Musician
About
Haunted
Piano
Wrote
Sixteen
Blues
Pages
Novel
I played piano in a covers band, but that didn't especially help with girls. There is never a piano around after the shows. Guys with the guitars were the ones who got lucky.
Jonathan Tropper
Girl
Band
Guitars
Guys
Piano
Never
Around
Got
Were
Covers
After
Help
Who
Lucky
Shows
Played
On any serialized show, you're going to have through-lines that take you through the season, and you're going to have individual arcs that resolve themselves in shorter order.
Jonathan Tropper
You
Resolve
Individual
Through
Take
Any
Going
Order
Themselves
Show
Season
Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.
Jonathan Tropper
Funny
Death
You
People
Writing
Speak
Father
Other
Characters
About
Guy
Witty
Hear
His
Mourning
Want
Whether
Show
Novel
Each
There's something really satisfying if you've created a bunch of characters that have withstood 25 episodes.
Jonathan Tropper
You
Characters
Something
Bunch
Created
Really
Episodes
Satisfying
I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.
Jonathan Tropper
Work
Experience
People
Assuming
Occasionally
Discomfort
Autobiographical
I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.
Jonathan Tropper
Better
Think
Gifts
Writer
Empathy
I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad.
Jonathan Tropper
Work
Book
Holding
Enjoy
Kindle
Tactile
Read
Still
iPad
Sensation
Use
App
Fast
Need
I'm at my desk before nine, and I go all day. I'm not necessarily productive all day, but really, who is?
Jonathan Tropper
Day
Before
Nine
All Day
Go
Really
Productive
Who
Necessarily
Desk
You never have to change a book for budget.
Jonathan Tropper
You
Change
Book
Never
Budget
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