Ask the Author: Pat Jeanne Davis
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Pat Jeanne Davis
Sometimes if I go back and re-read prior chapters in the story I get momentum to move forward with the rest of the novel. Then at other times if I put aside a particular scene I’m struggling with and try to create another one I know will be necessary later on in the story.
Pat Jeanne Davis
I’m writing a novel set in London and Philadelphia, the city in which I live, during the Progressive Era. 2020 marks the 100th year since women were granted the right to vote in all states throughout America. The protagonist in my work in progress works in a settlement house and is active in the suffrage movement.
Brief Synopsis of To Pursue A Passion:
Until that unforgettable day when Priscilla Whitney stumbled into the slums of Philadelphia and witnessed the conditions of newly arrived immigrants, her pursuits and outlook on life resembled those of her mother and sister, both society matrons. After that experience, her priorities changed forever. But would her domineering father give his approval to her entering settlement house work and to her taking up the cause of the women’s right to vote movement? She depends on his financial support and would need his consent. Her intended in a prearranged marriage issues an ultimatum if she pursue this course. Will Cilla’s commitment to improving the lives of others forever separate her from her parents and ruin any chance of marriage?
Brief Synopsis of To Pursue A Passion:
Until that unforgettable day when Priscilla Whitney stumbled into the slums of Philadelphia and witnessed the conditions of newly arrived immigrants, her pursuits and outlook on life resembled those of her mother and sister, both society matrons. After that experience, her priorities changed forever. But would her domineering father give his approval to her entering settlement house work and to her taking up the cause of the women’s right to vote movement? She depends on his financial support and would need his consent. Her intended in a prearranged marriage issues an ultimatum if she pursue this course. Will Cilla’s commitment to improving the lives of others forever separate her from her parents and ruin any chance of marriage?
Pat Jeanne Davis
Thank you, Andrea, for the welcome to the group.
Pat Jeanne Davis
That I can provide a reader with the possibility of witnessing God at work in the lives of fictional characters living in times past and facing many of the challenges common to all. I'd like my reader to be entertained by the story and take away a deeper appreciation for the historical period in which the characters lived.
Pat Jeanne Davis
After reading my father-in-law's diary and his letters home while stationed in Europe during WWII with the British Eighth Army.
Pat Jeanne Davis
Find a writers group where your work will be critiqued and be willing to accept and appreciate direction from those further along on the writing journey.
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