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Katharine McGee:
How did you make American Royals with such drama? It is so amazing, yet it made my heart ache!
Katharine McGee
Thank you, that is so lovely to hear! Amazing-but-heartache is what I was going for ;)
The drama of the American Royals books comes from having so many different characters. The more characters, the greater the conflict, especially when two characters want the same thing. The purest way to set this up is (of course!) a love triangle! In American Royals, I amped up that sense of drama by introducing four characters who all want very specific things, and whose goals compete with one another’s. Instead of a love triangle, you end up with… a love quadrangle? A love tangle? I’m not sure what else to call Nina-Jeff-Daphne-Ethan!
The drama of the American Royals books comes from having so many different characters. The more characters, the greater the conflict, especially when two characters want the same thing. The purest way to set this up is (of course!) a love triangle! In American Royals, I amped up that sense of drama by introducing four characters who all want very specific things, and whose goals compete with one another’s. Instead of a love triangle, you end up with… a love quadrangle? A love tangle? I’m not sure what else to call Nina-Jeff-Daphne-Ethan!
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