Sassy Sarah Reads
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Gayle Forman:
What made you decide to write a novella for the Just One Day books?
Gayle Forman
I thought at the end of Just One Year you all would be able to intuit exactly what happened, as clearly as I had. As I told my readers, Just One Year was like a table that I'd set: all the beautiful china and platters of delicious food. You close the book and gorge.
Then my readers told me that no, it wasn't like that at all. Just One Year's ending was like being invited into the kitchen where a delicious dinner was cooking. You could smell all the smells but not taste anything.
Which sounded horrible and mean. So I sat down to write out the ending to see how it came out and I realized that it needed to be written, not just to satisfy frustrated readers, but because the other characters in Just One Day and Just One Year, those who had helped Allyson and Willem get their shit together, they deserved to see how it all played out.
Then my readers told me that no, it wasn't like that at all. Just One Year's ending was like being invited into the kitchen where a delicious dinner was cooking. You could smell all the smells but not taste anything.
Which sounded horrible and mean. So I sat down to write out the ending to see how it came out and I realized that it needed to be written, not just to satisfy frustrated readers, but because the other characters in Just One Day and Just One Year, those who had helped Allyson and Willem get their shit together, they deserved to see how it all played out.
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Joan
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Gayle Forman:
I noticed that the one common thing between Adam & Willem (besides both being ridiculously hot) is that they're stage performers: Adam being a musician while Willem's a theater actor. Was this something that you've planned from the beginning when you wrote them, or was it influenced by the fact that you are married to a musician, thus you have already an insight on what goes on in the lives of such characters?
Seasielle ...
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Gayle Forman:
Hello. If I Stay is not only intended for Mia right? Is it also intended for Adam? Or is it just my theory? Because honestly, before I start reading If I Stay, I have this feeling that it was intended for Adam. Anyway, to make a choice is the hardest decision in our life. From your own experience, what's the hardest choice you ever made and why? Thank you. #AllTheFeels
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May 29, 2014 04:17AM · flag