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Delia Ephron

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Bestselling author and screenwriter Delia Ephron's most recent novel is Siracusa. Her other novels include The Lion Is In and Hanging Up. She has written humor books for all ages, including How to Eat Like a Child and Do I Have to Say Hello?; and nonfiction, most recently Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.). Her films include You’ve Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Her hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (co-written with Nora Ephron) ran for more than two years off-Broadway and has been performed all over the world. She lives in New York City.
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Do you do anything differently when writing books vs. writing screenplays? Do you have a writing group for one of the other (or both)?

Delia Ephron They are so different. When I have an idea I generally know what it is -- a book, movie, essay, etc. Screenwriting has a lot of rules -- three act str…moreThey are so different. When I have an idea I generally know what it is -- a book, movie, essay, etc. Screenwriting has a lot of rules -- three act structure, inciting incident. Film is basically a visual medium and it is a collaboration. And it isn't literary. It's a blueprint for something else. I am more likely to "structure" the story -- know exactly where it's going with a screenplay. With a novel, I discover it as I go along, even though I do a ton of research on my characters and their histories.
I've never belonged to a writers group but I have lots of writer friends who love them. I do depend on my writer friends for advice and editing before I turn anything in.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Delia Ephron When I had it -- I don't anymore -- I put myself on a schedule. Have to sit down at 10 and not get up from the computer until noon. No email etc. Then…moreWhen I had it -- I don't anymore -- I put myself on a schedule. Have to sit down at 10 and not get up from the computer until noon. No email etc. Then sit down again, two to four. Can't do anything else during that time. You don't have to write but you can't do anything else. Eventually you write. The thing is to turn writing into habit. Then it turns into love.(less)

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Average rating: 3.69 · 36,593 ratings · 4,926 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Siracusa 3.39 avg rating — 13,910 ratings — published 2016 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life 4.09 avg rating — 11,335 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc. 3.74 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion is In 3.61 avg rating — 1,450 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hanging Up 3.23 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1995 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frannie in Pieces by Delia Ephron (Goodreads Author), Chad Beckerman (Illustrator) 3.37 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl with the Mermaid Hair 2.89 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up – A Classic Celebration of Joyful Childhood Humor by Delia Ephron (Goodreads Author), Edward Koren (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1978 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big City Eyes 3.08 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: The Official Scrapbook 3.84 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Wanting to be liked can get in the way of truth.”
― Delia Ephron, Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.

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“Being in your twenties has changed a lot since I was in my twenties, but it is still a time everything awful that happens is awful in a romantic way, even if you don't admit it (and you can't admit it because then you would be less important in the tragedy you're starring in, your own life)...because in your twenties you know, even if you don't admit this either, even if this is buried deep in your subconscious, that you can waste an entire decade and still have a life.”
― Delia Ephron, Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.

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“Maybe the truth can't be buried. Or maybe it can't stay buried. Maybe the very nature of truth is that it will ultimately reveal itself.”
― Delia Ephron, The Girl with the Mermaid Hair

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The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware

7 votes 53.8%

Faithful

by Alice Hoffman

2 votes 15.4%

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon

2 votes 15.4%

Siracusa

by Delia Ephron

1 vote 7.7%

The Matchmaker of Périgord

by Julia Stuart

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The Whiskey Sea

by Ann Howard Creel

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