ღ Ruqs ღ
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Kendare Blake:
Hi! First off- I just want to say how much I LOVE Three Dark Crowns! I'm an aspiring author and since you have a series with such an AMAZING plot (which I can say with confidence since I've read all the books and novellas!), how did you plan the plot? Did you plot as you wrote, or did you plot it all and then write it? Do you have any particular tips? It is my most difficult barrier when it comes to writing :)
Kendare Blake
For me at least, every book is different and I always have to figure out the way it wants to be written. The Three Dark Crowns series seems to want to be written one time very crappily and then completely over again less and less crappily until by say the third near complete rewrite it is finally what it set out to be. None of my other books have been like this. Three Dark Crowns is a very naughty thing and deserves to be grounded with no phone privileges.
In general though I am not a plot planner. I know conflicts and characters, and then I turn them loose on the page and write towards the future and usually very vague ending.
In general though I am not a plot planner. I know conflicts and characters, and then I turn them loose on the page and write towards the future and usually very vague ending.
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David Maxwell
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Kendare Blake:
Hi Kindare, I noticed from one of your answer that your characters "go" and you "follow." I find it the same. My characters lead me down a path and I follow. As a newly published author, I'd love any advice you might have on how to go about sharing those stories with the masses. Can you offer any insight on how to get the word out for a new book?
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