Nana Lees
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Michael Grant:
Sorry for my poor English, but I must say ... I hope to be a writer like you one day. Gone marked my life with several philosophies cuz that whole story became a kind of rehearsal for me. It reminded me of the book Blindness by José Saramago. Seeing the core of the human being was fantastic and the way I was changing sides and loving Caine... Aren't you ashamed to play with your readers like that?
Michael Grant
I had a very specific inspiration in mind for Caine at the end: Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange. In the brilliant movie we are forced to change our opinions of Alex repeatedly. Is he a thug? A lover of Beethoven and the opera? A rapist? A victim of a hypocritical system? In the end the audience is relieved that he is free to return to a life of crime. It's Kubrick at his chilly, manipulative best.
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Cynthia
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Michael Grant:
Great answer, Michael! Also, if you have no problem speaking it, why not invest in Dragon Naturally Speaking and dictate it! In all the writing workshops I've taken, the mantra is "WRITE FORWARD!" Just get it out, mistakes be damned, and worry about editing when you actually have a manuscript in your hands! Good luck! ?
Rainbow | Realm of Stories
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Michael Grant:
Hi, Michael Grant! Your Gone series is gripping and absolutely fantastic! I still have yet to read Light. I bet it's going to be very emotional! Did you carefully plan out most of what was going to happen when you're writing the Gone novels, or did you mostly made up the story as you went along? Have you got any advice on writing action and romance scenes? How many hours on average do you write per day?
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