Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.
Ann BrasharesHe no longer represented someday a possibility. He represented a road not taken a road that suddenly shot so far into the distance she couldnโt see it anymore.
Ann BrasharesBesides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I donโt, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.
Ann Brashares