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Jennifer A. Nielsen
I don't believe there's any current plans for a movie, but I think it would be awesome. Hopefully one day!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hey there - I am officially responding! Hello to you and to your sister!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
There's actually a Dutch story I'm pitching to my editor right now. So yeah, hopefully soon!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I say go for it, Alisia! If you end up with something you're proud of, I would love to see it!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Thank you, Elizabeth! I would never say never to a 6th book - I would just need the right idea. And fingers crossed that a movie happens one day!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
The next time I'm invited - hopefully sometime this fall!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Zoey, that is such a difficult decision. It would be like choosing a favorite from among my friends. I love my characters, all of them (except the bad guys!)
Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Jennifer A. Nielsen
Honestly, just keep writing. Write for fun, write for play, try new genres and new styles of writing. But keep writing. When you are ready, show your work to others and get their feedback. Then listen to what they will say, because they will make you better. Good luck!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Caitlyn - Lithuania certainly had its ups and downs following the events in WORDS ON FIRE, but Audra is able to endure and work through the challenges. She will live to see lasting freedom in her country and her children will be part of building an even better future for Lithuania.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Thanks, Mercedes. At present there are no movie plans for The Scourge. But I would think it's great if that ever did happen. Fingeres crossed!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Ellie - most writers have a POV and a tense they prefer to write in, which they develop after experimenting with other styles. So take a chapter and try it with first and then third POV, and present and then past POV. You'll find what works best for you.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Ethan - I don't think it's essential, but it's certainly there. And if I continued writing the series, I would expect to add in more romance, because it would have to play a growing part in those characters' lives.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Arin - Ani or Gerta are just creations of my imagination, although I do think a lot of me is in Ani. Or at least, she is who I believed myself to be when I was about that age.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I think the trick for writing humor is to treat it very seriously. After all, that's what humor is - absurd situations treated with absurd levels of seriousness. Try that and see if it's helpful at all.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I don't expect to write a sequel to The Scourge, but I never say never, so if the right story ever comes to me, I would probably have to go for it!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I think THE TRAITOR'S GAME would be considered Young Adult.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I think if I make any future books, I'd most likely fast forward it by a generation, and now it's his daughter, who he absolutely cannot control, because she is just like him. Thanks for asking!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Hi Elizabeth - the way I did the plot twist was to create a table with every significant character in the columns and every chapter in the rows. Then with every chapter, I tracked what each character should know at every chapter. Sage had two columns. One for what he said and one for everything he knew at that point. The reader follows Sage, so everything he said would be everything the reader would know at that time. That way, I could also track what the reader should know at ay given point in the story. Thanks for asking!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
I've always loved history and been fascinated by the real stories of people from the past. So it was a natural thing for me to begin creating some of those stories too!
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