Leonie

Leonie asked Jojo Moyes:

Does music help you write? Like, does it inspire you? If so, what kind of music do you like?

Jojo Moyes Hi Leonie. I do listen to music. Most of my books have a 'theme tune' that I play quite often, and helps remind me of the tone of a book. For example when I wrote a book called The Horse Dancer, about a girl who runs away with a horse, I used to listen to Rupert Wainwright's Agnus Dei, and I would get a really clear picture of the silhouette of a girl alone on a horse. For The Girl You Left Behind, when I wanted to evoke the cold and bleakness of 1916 wartorn France, I used Riceboy Sleeps Jonsi and Alex. I can't listen to anything with lyrics (too distracting!), so it's often ambient or classical music.

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Anna D. asked Jojo Moyes:

Was it as emotionally consuming/draining to write Me Before You as it was for your readers to read it? I absolutely loved the book but it broke my heart reading it too.

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Dede asked Jojo Moyes:

Hi. What inspired you to wrote Me before You?

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Diwita Mathivanan asked Jojo Moyes:

I thought the most beautiful and equally heart breaking part of Me before You was how close to reality the story struck. And I needed After You to be reassured that Lou was indeed okay. I just read Still Me and I am still making up my mind. What I would love to know is what was your motivation behind this story? Don't get me wrong, I love me some Lou but what was it that made you tell more of her journey?

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