Each novel teaches me
6th July 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, novel writing, writing, writer-reader relationship, storytelling, Julianna Baggott |
"Each novel teaches me how to write it, and before I can truly understand what I'm writing, I need to imagine the one person to whom I'm whispering the story urgently."
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