Elizabeth L. Silver discusses the first pages of her new novel, The Majority, her decision to combine multiple real-life personas (and her imagination) to create a fictional Supreme Justice, her choice of beginning with a prologue-like first chapter to introduce her reminiscent narrator and set up the stakes, and the power of a great first line.
Passages: Elizabeth L. Silver on The Majority
Passages: Elizabeth L. Silver on The Majority
Passages: Elizabeth L. Silver on The Majority
Elizabeth L. Silver discusses the first pages of her new novel, The Majority, her decision to combine multiple real-life personas (and her imagination) to create a fictional Supreme Justice, her choice of beginning with a prologue-like first chapter to introduce her reminiscent narrator and set up the stakes, and the power of a great first line.