For you, what makes a very good story?
To me what makes a very good story is: Do I lean in and say, “After which what occurred?” If somebody’s pitching one thing and you do not ask, “After which what occurred?” then one thing must be reworked. You have to draw folks in and make them need extra.
If you’re writing, is there music that you simply wish to hearken to? Or do you like silence?
I do not hearken to music after I’m writing, except I must faucet into some feelings. For that, Taylor Swift has at all times been the musician that may assist me faucet into that emotional being in a short time. I used to be undoubtedly listening to lots of her music after I was writing The Summer time I Turned Fairly books.
“This Love (Taylor’s Model)” was included within the Summer time I Turned Fairly trailer. That will need to have been thrilling.
As a long-time fan that was undoubtedly a giant second for me. And, I believe, for the ebook followers who’ve at all times needed a Taylor music for any adaptation of the ebook.
Do you’ve a favourite Taylor Swift music, or one that you simply flip to lots when it’s worthwhile to faucet that emotional properly?
Oh, man. Nicely, it is totally different for various books. That is actually onerous. I will in all probability say “Delicate” could be my favourite. If I used to be going to do a high three, it could be “Delicate,” “Tim McGraw,” and “False God.”
Might you inform me a extra about how “This Love” got here to be within the trailer?
Solely Taylor can converse for Taylor, however I will simply say that for me as a fan, I used to be so excited once they bought the music. What she’s doing with the Taylor’s variations is, in some methods, like an adaptation. It is taking one thing you created years in the past and reimagining it, which isn’t dissimilar to me adapting The Summer time I Turned Fairly, which I wrote in 2013 and am now writing for a collection in 2022. How do you method it? What do you retain? And what do you alter?
Was there something specifically that felt prefer it wanted to alter while you wanting by a 2022 lens?
I checked out all the pieces. I checked out how we might make this a extra inclusive take a look at maturity and coming-of-age, be it with character sexuality or in casting the elements diversely. And even simply wanting on the story and saying, “Okay, how do I maintain what folks actually love about it after which additionally look to see the place can I freshen it or the place can I make it really feel extra reflective of this second?”
What’s one thing you hope to get higher at?
I am studying one thing new each day. I had by no means written for TV till I began doing the pilot for The Summer time I Turned Fairly. After which I used to be actually within the deep finish. The primary time in a author’s room, I used to be additionally co-leading the author’s room. It was my first time doing lots of issues. I’ve primarily realized simply by doing and watching. So I might wish to get higher at being a very good assist system to a director and a crew and retaining issues shifting ahead with power and objective.
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