Puja
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Leanne Davis:
I just met them and my heart bleeds for them. You knew them over the course of years you wrote them. Loved each one of them who refused to be victims and actually turned out heroes of their lives. How did you live with the pain of each of your female protagonists?
Leanne Davis
Puja,
I haven't been asked something like this before, so thank you, because you summed up what much of my storytelling is trying to convey and why I write the stories I do. Often they are my attempt (and hopefully I succeed sometimes) to illustrate that victims of things (anything from sexual or physical attacks to emotional or behavioral disorders) CAN overcome or find the strength to live with what has happened to them. As I write each character (especially females) I try to write them as if I am "them" and dig into the emotions they might have or actions they might exhibit. It's been my process from the first story I ever wrote and for some reason, stories/characters such as these, were always what naturally came to me to write. It felt like I never had a choice, I simply had to write them like I do. Each book I finish I feel like I lose a friend or sister that I've been through a journey with, and it's hard to move on to a new one.... until that next one begins to feel like a part of me. I think because I feel so invested in them, it makes any pain or difficulty in writing about them bearable. Like I owe it to them to write them as I do. Which might sound crazy but that is how each book feels for me. Again, thank you for this questions. It touched my heart to know someone else "felt" what I tried to convey in the written word through my characters.
I haven't been asked something like this before, so thank you, because you summed up what much of my storytelling is trying to convey and why I write the stories I do. Often they are my attempt (and hopefully I succeed sometimes) to illustrate that victims of things (anything from sexual or physical attacks to emotional or behavioral disorders) CAN overcome or find the strength to live with what has happened to them. As I write each character (especially females) I try to write them as if I am "them" and dig into the emotions they might have or actions they might exhibit. It's been my process from the first story I ever wrote and for some reason, stories/characters such as these, were always what naturally came to me to write. It felt like I never had a choice, I simply had to write them like I do. Each book I finish I feel like I lose a friend or sister that I've been through a journey with, and it's hard to move on to a new one.... until that next one begins to feel like a part of me. I think because I feel so invested in them, it makes any pain or difficulty in writing about them bearable. Like I owe it to them to write them as I do. Which might sound crazy but that is how each book feels for me. Again, thank you for this questions. It touched my heart to know someone else "felt" what I tried to convey in the written word through my characters.
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Tracy
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Leanne Davis:
I just wanted to tell you that I loved the Sisters series & The Daughters series. Primarily Emily because of the epilogue from Jessie’s point of view at the end. They were beautifully written,both series, but Jessie had me bawling at the end. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. I’m currently in the middle of the River’s End series!?!
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