Gail Buckley
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Jacqueline Winspear:
What is your process for writing a book? How long do you do the research? Do you have a certain story or plot in mind first then make the characters work around it? Or do you let your characters drive the plot?
Jacqueline Winspear
Characters always drive the plot - my books are very much "character driven." I start with a template of a story - when I start I know the beginning, middle and end, and I know the arc of the story - then I start to write, allowing time to "dance with the moment" when characters (for example) do something I wasn't expecting - you have to go with those opportunities. I am not very prescriptive when I begin to write - I like to be surprised too.
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Linda
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Jacqueline Winspear:
Have you thought about writing a story about the altar frontal created by 133 WW1 soldiers while they were recovering from their battle wounds? It's going on display for the first time in 70 years on August 3rd at St. Paul's in London. It's an embroidered piece. Embroidery was chosen as therapy for the soldiers.
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