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Kate Quinn:
Hey Kate! First off I love your books. Secondly I was curious if you could share your process with how you organize your novels as you write them? I'm an inspiring writer and I feel like everything is just chaos right now because I can't seem to find a good system in regards to organizing plot, characters, lore, etc.
Kate Quinn
So glad you've enjoyed my books! As for my process, I'm a Scrivener convert with the last few books, and now I don't know how I ever lived without it. It's not the most user friendly program, but well worth the effort of learning the ins and outs, especially in terms of organization and plotting--it comes pre-loaded with character sheets, location sheets, and binders to stash and organize your research. I also highly recommend "Plot Your Book In A Month With Scrivener," written by my good friend Stephanie Dray--it'll be the best $4.99 you ever spent. It's not a "this is the one true way" plotting manual; it just takes you through a variety of useful plotting devices with the idea that one or more of them will be The One for you. I use it every time I plot a new book, and I always finish up hyper-organized and ready to go.
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Isabella
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Kate Quinn:
Hello, re read the entire Rome series just for the last installment, and something caught my eye. Nessus' prediction for Vix, didn't come to be true. Was this intentional, because Nessus' predictions always seemed so accurate, or did you simply choose not to follow that path?
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