![]() ![]() The Break was so much fun to write, partly because my main character Rowan is a crime novelist, and we share a similar process. Or if I think I do, I’m almost always wrong. ![]() Many readers are surprised to learn that I have no idea who my killer is when I start writing my novels. (At least, in my opinion! And hopefully in the reader’s opinion, too.) I had to come up with different reasons and motivations for them to do what they eventually did in the novel, and it turned out more layered and satisfying. I finally gave up on two characters who I thought were going to become romantically involved, and I ended up finding it much more satisfying that they never felt that way about each other. That happened while I was writing The Break. ![]() Sometimes I think two characters will do something (like become romantically involved) but no matter how many times I put them in a scene together, they won’t do it. I definitely don’t do that! I write like I’m watching a movie: I have a general sense of where characters should go next, but when I throw them all in a scene together, I’m often very surprised by what they do. I love reading about other writers’ writing processes, and I’m always in awe of writers who outline every book and know each plot point before they start writing. ![]()
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