April Henry
Years ago I wrote an adult book, but when I turned it, my editor didn't like it. At all. I was given nine weeks to come up with a whole new book. The only way I could do that was to outline it and have them agree to the outline. They did and I started writing. It was really hard to write ten thousand words a week while I was traveling for school visits. I would go back to my hotel room every night and write. After a while, I couldn't even remember what was in the outline. I started wondering what the climatic scene would be, the one where things look darkest until the heroine does something clever. I still remember my horror when I turned to that part of the outline and all it said was "big showdown scene goes here." I got the book done, but I never want to do that again.
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Cintia
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April Henry:
I'm an aspiring writer, but I'm dealing with two things: I get discouraged every single day because 96% of manuscripts are rejected, and I haven't had an idea for years, literally. There's too many people wanting to be writers, and knowing there's so much competition just kills me a little every day. When I get motivated, immediatly something appears about the industry that kills it. Any tips on how to deal with this?
Makayla D
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April Henry:
I have read Girl Stolen, The Girl Who Was Supposed To Die, and The Night She Dissappread and LOVED them. I have a couple questions for you. How do you come up with the idea to write these books? Also is there a sequel to Girl Stolen??? I've heard rumors there might be soon is that true?? That would be awesome if there was! Lastly what book of yours should I read next? Thank you for taking the time to read this!
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