Marcelle Clemmens
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch:
Good evening! Before I bombard you with questions, let me just say that as a WW2 nerd I LOVE your books! How do you make the characters in your war books seem so real? How much research is involved and how long does it take? How many times do you rewrite your books? How does your Ukrainian heritage influence your writing? What is your favorite part of writing Historical Fiction? What was the moment that made you write
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Dear Marcelle,
So nice to hear from you and thanks for the great questions!
When I create a character, there's something of me in them, as well as characteristics of people I know, and a person of the era. Added to that, I consider what does this person want/love/need and what is their weakness? I do that with everyone in a story, even if they are only on one page because I figure there's no point in having someone in your book if you haven't met them! I try to show character with as few words as possible and in action rather than info dump. Will answer your other questions in a separate post.
So nice to hear from you and thanks for the great questions!
When I create a character, there's something of me in them, as well as characteristics of people I know, and a person of the era. Added to that, I consider what does this person want/love/need and what is their weakness? I do that with everyone in a story, even if they are only on one page because I figure there's no point in having someone in your book if you haven't met them! I try to show character with as few words as possible and in action rather than info dump. Will answer your other questions in a separate post.
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I recently used Making Bombs For Hitler for a jr book club activity with some bright/gifted 5th graders. We had one student who disliked the book because he felt it was extremely biased against the German people in general. The rest of us didn't see that as your intent. We thought you were merely presenting the POV of prisoners shaped by their personal experiences. How would you address this one student's view? Thanks
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In the book Making Bombs for Hitler, what is the name of the camp? Have a nice day. : )
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