![]() ![]() Karen White: We have found that our plotting episodes are quite magical with us finishing each other’s sentences and answering the author’s proverbial “but what if” questions that are generally answered by crickets when writing solo. ![]() We outlined every single chapter, sometimes in detail, until we had something that felt right to us all. Once there, we park ourselves on the most comfortable couch we can find, order insane quantities of caffeine, and spend the next three days thrashing out the entire plot of the book…īeatriz Williams: Which is not at all how we write our individual books! All three of us tend to plot pretty loosely and let the characters and story develop organically as we go along, but we knew that if all three of us were going to own the novel, we’d have to outline in deep detail before we started writing, so that each piece would fit seamlessly with the next regardless of who had tapped out the sentences. With every book, we start by converging on a central location, preferably someplace warm. Back rubs? Historical detail? Intricate knowledge of Starbucks varietals? In reality, we blundered onto a process that works brilliantly for us, and also involves lots of prosecco. ![]() Our absolute favorite is that Beatriz writes the books and Karen and I just provide “expertise.” I’m not entirely sure what kind of expertise. ![]() Lauren Willig: Over the years, some conspiracy theories have been generated over how we work together. ![]()
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