Dave Cullen, author of COLUMBINE, on writing

Dave Cullen describes his writing process and beginning his bestselling book COLUMBINE.

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There's much more info at my Columbine site:
http://davecullen.com/columbine.htm"

I just created a Students Page there, and you can see many more videos, including a 3-minute intro. There are also resources in my COLUMBINE GUIDE, including info on PTSD and survivors, all evidence released, and scans of the killers' journals.

We now have a Columbine Discussion Board on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8413&post=147830&uid=91337378...

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• Columbine
• writing
• Eric Harris
• Dylan Klebold
• Columbine shooting
• Columbine High School massacre
• journalism
• outsiders
• books
• school shooters
• school shootings
• massacres
• psychopath
• depression
• teen depression
• nonfiction
• narrative nonfiction
• high school

[fishhand360]

Hey Dave your book was very great I read it over over 10 times and I orderd the audio books on it on CD the other day

[davecullenwriter]

@fishhand360 Hey, thank you. I'm thrilled when I hear people have read it more than once. Ten may be a record.

I'm curious if it comes across differently in audio, if you've read it on the page, too. Did it?

[fuckcomments]

You are a good story teller but some things are incorrect in your book, which is ok but alarming in a way. The killers profile is incorrect but it is understandable. Eric Harris the mastermind? Hah!

[fishhand360]

@davecullenwriter Hello again Dave it's me Cyrill we talked on facebook before I have a copy of the book siting in my room right now from my school Library I also listend to the audio books they are pretty good

[guitarnashelter]

i think there hatred of god as the centre of the community,this false idea of love your neighbour,were all equal etc,its all false for ones own gratification.i think harris was very aware for his age and knew the falsity of religion,ergo commiting murder or suicide would yield no godly punishment,therefore i hate the world and will wreak my vengance against the tormentors.i think we are the only gods and punishment is purely confined to this so called life

[davecullenwriter]

@PanicNight26 I'm not sure anything I record will ever look intended-for-youtube. haha. But I guess we'll see.

I'm still touring like crazy and promoting COLUMBINE, but getting started on my second nonfiction book. (Too early to discuss.) I also just got psyched about a magazine piece I want to squeeze in first.

I definitely plan to write some novels, too. Probably book #3 will be fiction.

[davecullenwriter]

@PanicNight26 Thanks. I enjoyed doing it. I actually recorded this as the start of an audition tape to host a TV documentary series (which I didn't get).

Then I realized it conveyed a lot that might interest my readers. So . . .

I ordered my own Flip yesterday, and I'll start making more, specifically for readers. It's new to me, so bear with me.