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“With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface it seems so different for me.”

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Megan Chance

Megan Chance, born on December 31, 1959, is an accomplished American author known for her historical novels. Her works focus on the roles and experiences of women in the historical process. more

“I do not often follow my characters off on tangents or change my story on a whim. I have an outline which I follow quite sternly...for a good long while. Then it turns out in some way to be insurmountably wrong and I am forced to re-think every component. Usually at this point I throw hundreds of pages away.”

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“I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.”

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“I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.”

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“I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters. Let's see. First on my list is Sam Gamgee from The Lord of The Rings. Sam is a beautiful character; in him, we find the profound heroism of an ordinary person. He epitomizes the saying that courage isn't not being afraid, courage is going anyway. I just love that.”

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