Idra Novey discusses the first pages of her third novel, Take What You Need, how she developed a front and back story to create tension and complexity, her love of place, the power of her descriptive details, the familial relationships that tie us emotionally to her story, and how she handled going between two timelines.
I love how so many of the writers in this series say some version of: "I've heard these are supposedly the rules of... (fiction, memoir, etc) but all that wasn't working for me so I did this other thing instead that turned out great."
I love how so many of the writers in this series say some version of: "I've heard these are supposedly the rules of... (fiction, memoir, etc) but all that wasn't working for me so I did this other thing instead that turned out great."