Maybe it needed to be broken. Sometimes things have to break before you can fix them.

She was my destination. I was always on the way to Lena, even when I wasn't. Even when she wasn't on her way to me.

Teenagers. Everything is so apocalyptic.

Aw, come on. I barely speak English, unless we're talking about the Lowcountry kind.

I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.

Arelia looked up at Macon. "It's not the house that protects her. It's the boy. I've never seen anything like it. No Caster can come between them.

The stuffs you're good at and the stuffs you're bad at are just different parts of the same thing. Same goes for people you love and the people you don't. And the people who love you and the people who don't. The only thing that mattered was that you cared about a few people.