Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle: Conversations with authors, journalists, agents, novelists, memoirists, niche writers, publishers, writing teachers, assigning editors and media experts. #117 The Magical Metamorphosis Of Character Development Featuring Ann Garvin
Ann Garvin, Ph.D. is the USA Today Bestselling author, finalist for the Thomas Wolf Fiction Prize, and freelance contributor at the New York Times. Ann is a nurse, scientist, educator and author of six funny and sad novels. She writes about women who do too much in a world that asks too much from them. She currently teaches creative writing at Drexel University in their low residency MFA program and is the founder of the multiple award-winning Tall Poppy Writers.
In this episode:
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The background of Bummer Camp [2:26]
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How Ann structured the transformation of each character in her novel [5:27]
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The way she built in conflict and roadblocks for each of her characters [8:34]
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How Ann equates structuring her book to painting a wall [13:09]
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What Ann does when she underwrites to fill in the gaps [17:58]
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Focusing on action and movement in the book [20:47]
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How Ann uses the endings of chapters to "open the door" to the next chapter [22:17]
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Ann's groundbreaking way of promoting the book [29:17]
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Ann's Modern Love essay
He Wanted To Date Younger Women
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/style/modern-love-he-wanted-to-date-younger-women.html
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