![]() ![]() I'm always trying to get better at taking that advice. I once read a success book that said to write down all your dreams (goals, wishes, desires), and then separate them into two piles - the pile that scares you and the one that doesn't.and you should pursue the goals in the 'scary' pile. I really love big, startling ideas and finding ways to use them in stories. I want to write books that make me jump up in the middle of the night, almost desperate to get them down on paper. I never want to write to a formula, for example, even if it's a successful one. I like having to constantly stretch myself as a writer. I guess when I use the word "scared," I'm not really talking about books that are shocking, necessarily, but books that present a wonderful challenge. That really grew out of my first contract with Razorbill and the way they saw my books. I didn't really start out trying to be a writer of books "ripped from the headlines," as they say. The concept for TEACH ME almost seemed like an accident. ![]() I did write a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, but I think I got tired of not being able to use what I see in the world around me. Growing up I read tons of sci-fi and loved books like Watership Down, so you'd think I would have written something more along those lines. What inspires you to write these kinds of books? ![]() You've said that you "love writing stories that scare you." The topics you pick are so compelling, and certainly haunting, and shocking. ![]()
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