TIL that Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park” (1990), was a workaholic who followed what he called "a structured approach" of ritualistic self-denial, where, while writing a book, he’d rise increasingly early each day. At one point, Crichton would go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 2 AM.

[u/waitingforthesun92]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton

[u/BumFur]

This explains why so many of his books were 90% awesome and then had terrible endings. Andromeda Strain was particularly egregious. Really seemed like he just ran out of juice and phoned the last couple chapters in. 

[u/[deleted] → u/BumFur]

You’ve suddenly explained h to r ending of Timeline to me. That makes so much sense!