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Caitlin
Caitlin asked Sarah Dessen:

You said you never start a book without your “skeleton� but I was wondering if you wrote strictly from beginning to end or if you jumped around? Thanks for the great answers!

Sarah Dessen I've always written straight through from start to finish. It's just what works for me. I think I need for the novel to build for me the way that it will for the reader. Also I just want to be sure that everything is strong enough to support what comes after it. But everyone is different. I think part of the writing process is a lot of trial and error to find out what works for YOU.
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Mary
Mary asked Sarah Dessen:

Now I love your YA romance novels though writing a good number of them, did you ever get tired of writing romance novels and wanted to try something different less in your wheelhouse? I don't mean you should or shouldn't I'm just curious...

Jasmine Duong
Jasmine Duong asked Sarah Dessen:

You've been writing contemporary books. And I was wondering are you planning on writing a trilogy, or maybe a series?

Tessa
Tessa asked Sarah Dessen:

First off, I need to know as a HUGE Veronica Mars fan, is Kristen Bell as gracious as she seems in person? Are any of your characters based off of you as a teenager and if so, who?

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