Author CANDACE ROBB, aka EMMA CAMPION, poses some intriguing questions about the writing process and, in particular, the difficulties in producing a trilogy’s ‘middle book’.
Excerpt:
Patricia, on re-working the ending of her book: I had to re-think my story arc and invent a new climax. It meant re-working the story so that a particular character – I’m not saying who – played a larger role than I’d first given him. I had to add some new scenes, delete others and re-write what became the final two chapters about, oh, thirty-five times.