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# Write Now With R.L. Stine
- URL: https://justincox.com/blog/2023/11/write-now-with-r-l-stine/
- Published: 2023-11-15T16:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-03T23:08:25.000Z
- Description: Today's Write Now interview features R.L. Stine, legendary author of GOOSEBUMPS and SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT MY BRAIN.
- Author: Justin Cox
- Tags: Interview, Featured, #rl-stine

## Who are you?

I'm R.L. Stine. I write the *Goosebumps* and *Fear Street* books, and many others. I live in New York City.

## What do you write?

I started writing when I was nine years old. I was a weird kid, staying in my room, typing funny stories and little joke books. I've been writing ever since. I don't know why I love it so much. But I have written over 300 books for young people.

## Where do you write?

I have an office in my apartment. It has a scary atmosphere. I have a skeleton and scary masks and werewolf hands coming out of the wall. I have a ventriloquist dummy of myself, which gives me the creeps.

![](https://justincox.com/content/images/2023/10/There-s-Something-Strange-About-My-Brain.jpg)

Photo courtesy of R.L. Stine

## When do you write?

I write every day from ten to one. I write 2,000 words a day. When I reach 2,000, I quit--no matter where I am. I have many deadlines because I write a LOT of books!

## Why do you write?

Greed and stupidity.

## How do you overcome writer's block?

I've never had writer's block. I don't have time. One way I avoid it is by outlining every book I write. I always know everything in the book before I start to write it.

## Bonus: What do you enjoy doing when not writing?

Filling out interview forms.

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*My thanks to R.L. Stine for today's interview. Visit* [*his website*](https://rlstine.com/?ref=justincox.com) *to learn more.*