kass
kass asked Lauren Oliver:

Hi, Miss Oliver. I am an aspiring author, and having greatly enjoyed your works, I thought it was suitable to ask you about writing. I was wondering how one can effectively foreshadow without giving away too much, and also without making the discovery too out of the blue. Also, do you have any suggestions of good portal fantasy novels/series? Thank you!

Lauren Oliver This is the kind of thing you learn through a combination of reading, practice, and plotting! Experiment with foreshadowing, and you'll find the right rhythm.

Portal fantasy novels... is that like Narnia? Where someone from our world goes into another one? Off the top of my head, I love The Dalemark Quartet by Dianna Wynne Jones (the last one is a portal novel), Deep Secret also by Dianna Wynne Jones, The Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the Beyonders series by Brandon Mull.

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