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Christina Meldrum | When a Plot and Its Characters Collide

How does a writer create a story with a compelling plot AND compelling characters? This was a question I asked myself throughout my writing of MADAPPLE (Knopf), my debut novel. Released last month, MADAPPLE is a crossover novel intended for older teens and adults. Part literary mystery, part psychological thriller, I knew the success of MADAPPLE would depend at least in part on my ability to devise a page-turning plot acted out by well-developed characters. I expected this would be difficult, because often novels provide either an intricate plot or complex, richly developed characters. Rarely does a novel provide both. But why?

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Re: Christina Meldrum | When a Plot and Its Characters Collide

Great read
(Gordon Hedden 4:04pm July 4, 2008)

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