
First Draft - Kalani Pickhart
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
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The Heartbeat of the Book by Katya Cooke
The heartbeat of the book is really these four characters, kacha, alexander, misha and slava. So let's talk about each one a little bit. Katya was, i was first draufting this, katya was my rock. And her story of loss didn't come to me quickly. It took some time working through her caches, relationship with ezra and the loss that she encounters. I as an american, as an outsider, somebody who cared and felt connected to things. In katya's case, it's more real. Her struggle is always going to be grounded in the body. She's very practical and present in her
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