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Marcos Efron

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Born

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Website

https://www.facebook.com/beyondcitadel/

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BeyondCitadel

Genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction

Influences

Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, John Irving, Michael Chabon, J.K. Rowli ...more

Member Since

March 2016

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Marcos was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but grew up in Houston, Texas. After college he worked in finance in New York for a couple of years before making the move out west to Los Angeles. Marcos started out writing for film and TV, and directing music videos and commercials. His film "Common Practice" was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. He went on to co-write and direct "And Soon The Darkness" for Studiocanal, a thriller starring Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, and Karl Urban. Though he has a number of feature and television projects in development, Marcos decided one day—after working on adapting other authors' novels into screenplays—that he wanted to write one himself. "Beyond Citadel" is his first novel. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Marcos Efron Ah, the bane of every writer! Luckily I have more ideas in my head than I know what to do with, so if I find myself stuck on a story, I can pivot to s…moreAh, the bane of every writer! Luckily I have more ideas in my head than I know what to do with, so if I find myself stuck on a story, I can pivot to something else. I'm also a proponent of doing other activities, like crossword puzzles, reading, or exercising—basically, doing something else for a few hours to let my brain work out a problem. But in the end, it comes down to putting my butt in the chair, brewing up a pot of coffee, and writing.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Marcos Efron I get a great deal of satisfaction when I've finished a book or a screenplay and the story and characters are better than I thought they'd be when I s…moreI get a great deal of satisfaction when I've finished a book or a screenplay and the story and characters are better than I thought they'd be when I set out to write it. Sometimes that doesn't happen and that's not a fun day, but that's part of being a writer. (less)

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