The Hardest Part of Writing a Novel

When I set two characters on page to fall in love, it's kind of an instant feeling of familiarity and of knowing someone. There is that adrenaline rush and giddiness that if you were in a slightly different situation, you'd be like, oh, I'm in danger. When it's good banter and you click with somebody, it's like this high. But sometimes the hardest part of the job is getting those characters to cooperate. Characters might seem like they're exactly right for each other. And then you put them on the page and you think, oh, no, this won't work.