Braidee Otto

And I really love exploring things like the duality

of things, I suppose, like whether that's nature or whether that's people.

So like there's a lot of really pretty things throughout the book, but then we kind of, as we get to learn more about them and as Aella kind of learns more about the world that she's living in, she kind of realises that sometimes things that glitter also cut you too.

I think so.

There was one of these really interesting kind of techniques that were used a lot in my literature classes and particularly in ones that kind of focused on writing

I suppose, like writers that had very unique writing styles was this technique called copywriting, where you would essentially like, you know, you'd read a book by this author and then you would be tasked with a creative kind of response to write something unique and write your own story, but kind of copying that person's writing style.

And I think doing...

Doing that with various different authors kind of taught me a lot about different ways of writing and different ways of conveying and creating meaning.

And I think that really helped me develop my own personal style.

So I think in that way, it's really helpful.

But also just, I suppose, understanding how...

a story on the surface can appear just to be a story but when you look beneath there's so much more meaning within it as well.

So I think those two things really helped me because I always wanted someone to be able to read it and enjoy the story but then look deeper and see the underlying messages beneath as well.

Even for something like Romanticy, like I think that Romanticy is such an accessible genre these days and a lot of people sometimes brush it off

But I feel like there's so many people that are kind of brushing it off maybe because it's a genre that's enjoyed so widely by women.

But like everything that I have read, I feel like you can take so much more meaning from them.

I'm so glad you said that.

So opposite.

And I feel like maybe it's because they're themes that are so relevant to women.

Honestly, it's really, really tricky and I think it's kind of a bit of a –