There were too many clues that needed seeding,” said Sarah. She finds the planning is always the hardest part, but she had the whole last chapter written before she even started writing the book! “In the case of Behind Her Eyes, I think it would have been impossible to have written the book without that ending having already been in place. Sarah says that Behind Her Eyes took her about eight months to write. “I am definitely a planner and I have key plot points in place before I start writing.”
“There are planners and there are pantsers (flying by the seat of…),” explained Sarah. Does she plan it meticulously with a start, middle, and an end? And, in the case of Behind Her Eyes, how and when did she decide on ‘That Ending’? Sarah has now had more than 20 novels published in several countries and I wondered how she starts writing a story. In Behind Her Eyes, she has written about what seems to be a typical love triangle, but this triangle is anything but typical! Sarah’s talent cannot be confined to one genre. But I do like playing around in different genres and I like to try to weave bits of other things into my thrillers.” “I’m currently contracted to write psychological thrillers, so I have to stay in that genre. “I think every writer tries to make each book different,” said Sarah. She also admits that she really enjoys screenwriting and, obviously, novels. Sarah has written in many genres, including thrillers, fantasy, horror, and fairy tales, and claims that she is at her happiest when blending different genres. Although she wrote school plays and short stories, she didn’t really take writing seriously until her late twenties.
She says she has always written and it was something she knew she was comparatively good at in school, sitting at the top of the class for creative writing. Sarah lives in the small former market town of Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire with her dog, Ted. She is also a screenwriter, who has written for the BBC and is currently working on three TV projects and the film adaptation of her novel, The Death House. Sarah was also the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 20 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella and has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. Sarah is well known for having more than 20 novels published in several countries her modern re-telling of fairy stories Torchwood The Forgotten Gods Trilogy The Nowhere Chronicles Cross Her Heart Dead To Her and she also writes fantasy fiction under the pen-name of Sarah Silverwood.
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