Hanna
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
A quote online: "writer culture is having that one scene that really scratches your id, and being willing to write forty thousand words to get to it." Is there any scene in your writing that this quote rings true for? If so, which?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, Bothari's death was the first scene I'd visualized for The Warrior's Apprentice, back when. By the time I'd plowed through the 40k words to get to it, it had altered substantially, but it was still the emotional center of its subplot.
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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