Brandon
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Raven St. Pierre:
Many writers say that there are parts of themselves written into their characters. Do you find this to be true for youself as well and who among your characters is most like you?
Raven St. Pierre
I definitely mirror some of myself onto my characters. It's unintentional most of the time, but it happens all the time. From their reactions to situations, their sense of style, sense of humor, quirks, etc.....there's definitely a lot of me mixed up in there - not sure if that's good or bad :) If I had to choose one who is most like me, it would totally be Sam. She's artistic like I am (painting, drawing, writing, crafting, etc.), she's emotional, has a smart mouth, she's indecisive and flighty at times (LOL). Her journey with AJ even mirrors my own relationship in many ways. We, of course, didn't have all of their drama, that was all fictional, but we met and became inseparable our senior year of high school. We got so caught up in each other that I was married shortly after I turned 19, and we're still together and happy 11 years later :) So I drew on a lot of my own feelings and emotions toward my husband over the years to pour into Sam when it came to her feelings for AJ.
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Brandon
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Raven St. Pierre:
Picture your "Free Falling" book series as a movie; What ideas, themes, or scenes were left on the cutting room floor or taken OUT of the published version? Do you regret removing or altering any of these? Are there scenes you would have like to change all together or explored deeper?
Brandon
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Raven St. Pierre:
Congratulations on doing a joint work! What was it like doing a collaborative project with another New Adult writer? What were some of the challanges you faced during the project and how did you both overcome them? What do you think made this collaboration successful and will your fans be seeing other collobrations in the future?
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