Ask the Author: J. Willis Sanders
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J. Willis Sanders
An intriguing, but human, conflict is key. Follow that with equally intriguing characters and settings, and I'm (usually) on my way.
J. Willis Sanders
Editing the next novel, of course.
It's the first in a series about the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The first two are historical; the last is contemporary.
As much as I love that area, I doubt they'll be the last.
It's the first in a series about the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The first two are historical; the last is contemporary.
As much as I love that area, I doubt they'll be the last.
J. Willis Sanders
Reading is important, but understanding why a writer chooses chooses their prose is more important, such as boring down to the purpose of a single sentence, a single word.
All that makes a huge difference with writing well.
All that makes a huge difference with writing well.
J. Willis Sanders
Creating living, breathing, feeling, crying, laughing characters who make me do all of those same things.
J. Willis Sanders
Always move the plot forward, even if you must put another stumbling block in the character's path.
In my last novel, not the Colors of Eliza Gray, I was running out of material when another idea presented itself. It fit the human nature of the characters perfectly, and seemed nothing like an idea to create more words.
In my last novel, not the Colors of Eliza Gray, I was running out of material when another idea presented itself. It fit the human nature of the characters perfectly, and seemed nothing like an idea to create more words.
J. Willis Sanders
Hmm ... scratching head ...
Alice never expected to find an exhumed grave in the cemetery that night. Good thing it was ready, because she could use it for her husband for playing another of his twisted practical jokes.
Not bad!
Alice never expected to find an exhumed grave in the cemetery that night. Good thing it was ready, because she could use it for her husband for playing another of his twisted practical jokes.
Not bad!
J. Willis Sanders
This is a tough question.
Then again, maybe not.
The coastal town in All the Light We Cannot See comes to mind first.
Then again, maybe not.
The coastal town in All the Light We Cannot See comes to mind first.
J. Willis Sanders
Cold Mountain is waiting for me, but between editing and getting more work out, it's hard to find time for pleasure reading.
I'm definitely looking forward to more of Anthony Doerr's work.
I'm definitely looking forward to more of Anthony Doerr's work.
J. Willis Sanders
I got my idea for this the book the same way one of the main characters in The Colors of Eliza Gray got his idea, from an African documentary on deaf children in remote villages, where they have no access to sign language. It was a very emotional program and, obviously, affected me enough to write this novel.
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