Courtney Summers, author of many books including Cracked Up to Be, This is Not A Test, All The Rage, and her newest novel which comes out today, Sadie, talks about not wanting to do a book a year again, seeing her career shift 10 years in, how she thinks about her [abrupt] endings, sticking with the heart of the novel, and podcasts.
LINKS AND TOPICS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Hear Courtney’s first First Draft interview (with bonus Veronica Roth) here!
Please Remain Calm, the ebook sequel to This is Not A Test
Courtney looked up transcripts for podcasts like Serial (podcast) and S Town (podcast) when looking to format Sadie
Sara Goodman, Courtney’s editor at Wednesday Books, would leave notes on the Sadie manuscript about clues she found (listen to her First Draft interview here)
When Courtney was first writing Sadie, the mystery was originally about who the killer was and then changed along the way
Emily Hainsworth, author of Take the Fall and Through to You
Interstellar (movie)
Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and The Way You Make Me Feel and Since You Asked (Listen to Maurene’s first, second, and third episodes of First Draft)
Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni (Listen to her First Draft episodes here and here)
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