at the beck and call of my characters
12th July 2016 | for Creatives | characters, writing, creating in the moment, writer-reader relationship, Freya North |
"I really don't think about my readers when I write—I am utterly at the beck and call of my characters and so absorbed in the world of their story that it becomes my reality."
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