But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then discover who Margaret as a young woman would be. I had to find the different voices for her throughout her life. I had a lot of fun discovering that. I had a lot of fun writing the childhood sections. By imagining her childhood, I was able to come up with this voice that matures as she gets older.
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking of Margaret near the… - Danielle Dutton
Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking of Margaret near the…
- Danielle Dutton
I had all these sparkles I'd collected and wanted to work in, but when I originally started writing it and it was originally this novel about all the… - Danielle Dutton
I had all these sparkles I'd collected and wanted to work in, but when I originally started writing it and it was originally this novel about all the…
I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of w… - Danielle Dutton
I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of w…
It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language f… - Danielle Dutton
It's interesting, editing can be so immersive for me that I've noticed that the authors I edit have a pretty profound effect on how I hear language f…
I was trying to focus on Margaret's trajectory as an artist, as a woman and an artist. Hopefully Cavendish experts won't be angry at me for anything … - Danielle Dutton
I was trying to focus on Margaret's trajectory as an artist, as a woman and an artist. Hopefully Cavendish experts won't be angry at me for anything …
It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done, a… - Danielle Dutton
It's all just so fraught when you're writing and then going through the editorial process. It feels like this shape-shifting thing. When it's done, a…
Margaret Cavendish was one of the people who came up in the course. That was when I started thinking about her as a character for a book, but my idea… - Danielle Dutton
Margaret Cavendish was one of the people who came up in the course. That was when I started thinking about her as a character for a book, but my idea…
The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she loses track of something … - Danielle Dutton
The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she loses track of something …
So it was this multi-perspective, multi-character book, and it went through all of these different manifestations. I'm not sure there was a single mo… - Danielle Dutton
So it was this multi-perspective, multi-character book, and it went through all of these different manifestations. I'm not sure there was a single mo…
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