"When in doubt, make trouble for your character. Don't let her stand on the edge of the pool, dipping her toe. Come up behind her and give her a good hard shove. That's my advice to you now. Make trouble for your character. In life we try to avoid trouble. We chew on our choices endlessly. We go to shrinks, we talk to our friends. In fiction, this is deadly. Protagonists need to screw up, act impulsively, have enemies, get into TROUBLE."
#JanetFitch


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Book of the Moment : Late November 🍁☕️

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

I know I’m probably late to the game with this one - considering it was made into a movie in 2002 - but I’ve been fairly enthralled by it.
It’s one of those books I’m reading as an almost-30 year old knowing I would have absolutely devoured it as a 25 year old.

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#7books to know me better:

1. The Catcher in the Rye by #JDSalinger

2. White Oleander by #JanetFitch

3. The Nightengale by #KristenHannah

4. Ghost in the Wires by #KevinMitnik

5. The Secret History/The Goldfinch by #DonnaTartt

6. The Interestings by #MegWolitzer

7. Commonwealth by #AnnPatchett

This is really hard and kind of off the cuff. I’m sure there are tons of favourites that are escaping me right now