I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.
I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.
I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.
Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.
With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface it seems so different for me.
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