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I wrote ‘Numbers’ in blissful ignorance. I knew nothing about anything – I simply told myself a story. When I started I had my main characters, a beginning and an end, but no idea how to get from one to the other. I didn't write any of it down in a plan. I held it all in my head, started writing and made it up as I went along. Nothing fancy, no flashbacks or dual narratives. Just the story of a girl with a mind-blowing gift - the ability to see death dates.
‘The Chaos’ was more complicated. I wrote the whole story from Adam’s point of view and then my editor, Imogen Cooper of Chicken House, asked me to try writing it all from another character, Sarah’s point of view. ‘But,’ I choked, ‘that would mean writing the whole thing again! And it would be a completely different story!’
‘Yes,’ she said. ‘Try it. Have a cookie.’
With ‘Infinity’, I decided to make things more difficult by continuing my dual narrative, but also swapping various gifts and curses between characters. I also panicked, and started writing too early, before I’d got things straight in my head. The first draft was pants, and so was the second and third. I ended up re-writing the whole thing five or six times. It was such a mess I needed two editors to sort it out. As the print deadline hurtled towards me, I was still having heated discussions with Imogen and Rachel Leyshon about the ending. Aaargh. I delivered it on time (just) and I’m really proud of the book, but my confidence as a writer was at an all time low.
Never again, I thought.
I’m never going to write another book.
Which mellowed in time to I’m never going to write another book that way again.
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Dropped by today ! This sounds like a really interesting read.Followed all your social links & bloglovin and google friends connect .Happy Reading !
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Thank you, Joelle. It's definitely a great read. :)
DeleteThis book sounds awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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DeleteI read The Drowning a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it! This post is really interesting, I liked how she used different ways to write each book. Thanks for sharing, Amber! :)
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