Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
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British author Jane Corry, on her debut thriller, My Husband's Wife (Pamela Dorman Books).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously offered by my guest, Jane Corry. In fact, it was something she mentioned during the interview. Characters go through change in the progression of a narrative. To help you relate to the many ways in which a life can change, make a list of the larger events that have changed your life. Perhaps you’ll include births, deaths, and other lifecycle events. Did you ever experience an accident? A fire? An inheritance? Think about these larger events. Then make a list of the somewhat smaller things that have happened in the last month or even the last week. For example, if you missed a train, what did that change about your day? Did it impact some larger truth for you? What was the result? How might some similar events, small or large, change the lives of your characters?
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and please listen next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Carolyn Conger, PhD - Archive Interview (8/23/21)
Tony Trigilio (8/16/21)
Caroline Leavitt - 8/9/21
Barbara Henning - Archive Interview (8/2/21)
Christina Baker Kline - 7/29/21
Kyle Ferguson - 7/19/21
Patrick Hicks (7/12/21)
Rachel Donohue (7/5/21)
Daniel Lusk - Archive Interview (6/28/21)
Natasha Sajé (6/21/21)
Marcia Butler (6/14/21)
Alec Hastings - Archive Interview (6/7/21)
Rupert Thomson (May 31, 2021)
Diane Setterfield - Archive Interview (5/24/21)
Erika Nichols-Frazer with A.E. Hines (5/17/21)
David Laskin - Archive Interview (5/10/21)
Joseph Covais (5/3/21)
David Arnold (4/26/21)
Ralph Culver / James Fallon - Archive Interviews (4/19/21)
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