Carley Fortune
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, I can see that.
Yeah, I can see that.
So this was really hard. I've never done like created the protagonist after I had the hero. And because I knew Charlie really, really well. well from having written Every Summer After and also having thought about him for many years. I auditioned characters like it was The Bachelor. I created over a dozen characters.
So this was really hard. I've never done like created the protagonist after I had the hero. And because I knew Charlie really, really well. well from having written Every Summer After and also having thought about him for many years. I auditioned characters like it was The Bachelor. I created over a dozen characters.
So this was really hard. I've never done like created the protagonist after I had the hero. And because I knew Charlie really, really well. well from having written Every Summer After and also having thought about him for many years. I auditioned characters like it was The Bachelor. I created over a dozen characters.
I think I counted 18 women with different names, different job titles, different personalities.
I think I counted 18 women with different names, different job titles, different personalities.
I think I counted 18 women with different names, different job titles, different personalities.
different ways that they intersected with Charlie whether they had known him in the past or not known him before yeah and then I was trying to figure out like both a character whose story I wanted to follow and then how she paired up with Charlie okay I wrote 11,000 words of a book with a different character that I threw away are you serious yeah will you use any of those characters in a future book
different ways that they intersected with Charlie whether they had known him in the past or not known him before yeah and then I was trying to figure out like both a character whose story I wanted to follow and then how she paired up with Charlie okay I wrote 11,000 words of a book with a different character that I threw away are you serious yeah will you use any of those characters in a future book
different ways that they intersected with Charlie whether they had known him in the past or not known him before yeah and then I was trying to figure out like both a character whose story I wanted to follow and then how she paired up with Charlie okay I wrote 11,000 words of a book with a different character that I threw away are you serious yeah will you use any of those characters in a future book
Yeah, so we've kind of changed the process, my editor and I, so that I have more time with my first draft before I send it to her. So I give myself about four months to finish the first draft until I get to the end. And I don't revise as I'm going along. And I keep a little graph of how many words I've done. So once I've got 10,000 words done, I color it in. Every 10,000 words, I color it in.
Yeah, so we've kind of changed the process, my editor and I, so that I have more time with my first draft before I send it to her. So I give myself about four months to finish the first draft until I get to the end. And I don't revise as I'm going along. And I keep a little graph of how many words I've done. So once I've got 10,000 words done, I color it in. Every 10,000 words, I color it in.
Yeah, so we've kind of changed the process, my editor and I, so that I have more time with my first draft before I send it to her. So I give myself about four months to finish the first draft until I get to the end. And I don't revise as I'm going along. And I keep a little graph of how many words I've done. So once I've got 10,000 words done, I color it in. Every 10,000 words, I color it in.
Um, that's kind of cute though. It's really fun. Yeah. I like it. I like getting a gold star and it feels like getting a gold star.
Um, that's kind of cute though. It's really fun. Yeah. I like it. I like getting a gold star and it feels like getting a gold star.
Um, that's kind of cute though. It's really fun. Yeah. I like it. I like getting a gold star and it feels like getting a gold star.