Words matter. These are the best Sara Shepard Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.
I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.
Sometimes I hear a voice – sometimes it’s the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to a story.
I am a big outliner. For my adult book, ‘The Visibles,’ I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because I just didn’t outline, and I had no path.
Judy Blume especially sort of broke the boundaries of what is appropriate and what should be written about – what teenagers are actually doing.
With teenagers, the emotions are higher and things are more dramatic. That doesn’t mean adults don’t also act like children in their own way.
My sister and I visited Iceland in 2001, and I incorporated it into ‘Pretty Little Liars.’
People might look great on the outside but they all have something that they’re dealing with.
Seeing ‘Pretty Little Liars’ fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity.
I was just over high school, and I was kind of artsy.
I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand – what I type reads very different once I print it out.
I probably write best in my office, which is an extra bedroom in my house.
I did steal socks, but I got caught… don’t shoplift, anyone – don’t do it! You’re just gonna get caught.
I think I’ll stick with psychological thrillers.
I’ve written short stories from male perspectives before, and I’ve never had a problem with it as long as I’ve understood the character’s emotions and motivations.
I love books about dysfunctional families.
I really like reading about how families work together.
I am not an actress.
I loved the movie ‘Heathers’ and the TV show ‘Twin Peaks.’
I like to run in a new place to help me find my way around.
I was not tormented in any way; I was never even bullied. I had a nice teenage life.
I kept a journal when I was a teenager, so I definitely look back on those to see how I dealt with friends and cliques and getting picked on, or boyfriend breakups.
