Interview on writing novels and believing in yourself

I was very excited to sit down with my friend Natasa Lekic of New York Book Editors for a forty minute (!) interview on novel writing and editing.

Some of the things we covered:

• Believing in your own creativity
• Motivation and stakes
• Dialogue and writing cinematically

Here’s the full interview!

(Don’t worry, I got a haircut the day after we recorded this.)

And if you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, here are some clips.

On character motivation and making readers care:

How to raise the stakes:

Common mistakes with dialogue:

Thanks so much to Natasa, and hope you enjoy!

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