Is there one thing in your writing/novels you aren't willing to bend on? Have you had to defend an instance of it in the past? If so, at what cost?
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"Nothing huge. My editor is very wise, so I almost always agree with her. I used to use 'passage' all the time, instead of hallway, which may have annoyed her; she definitely crossed it out a lot. There are still a lot of “passages” in the book, though." - Stefan Bachmann, author of The Peculiar.
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"I haven’t encountered this yet, for which I’m grateful. I’m not sure what my threshold would be." - Robin Bridges, author of The Unfailing Light.
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"The thing I never want to bend on is my character’s voice. The voice comes early and evolves as the story is written, and during revisions, I find myself not making changes that I feel would change the voice of the character. I don’t mind working through editorial changes, but if they strongly go against what I think the character would do, I don’t make them." - P.J. Hoover, author of Solstice.
"Strong female characters. Fortunately, my editors agree, so I have never had to fight too hard." - Lara Avery, author of Anything But Ordinary.
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"Blood. I need blood. Lots of it. Sometimes schools refuse to have me, because they fear that the book will be challenged or banned. I feel sorry for the kids in those schools. Their parents are precluding experiences that will enrich them. Yes, blood can be very enriching." - Adam Gidwitz, author of In a Glass Grimmly.
"I’m sure there are fundamental issues that I would never bend on, issues that would vary from story to story, but luckily for me I have an editor that shares my vision, and so have never even been required to think about the question!" - Sharon Cameron, author of The Dark Unwinding.
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"I like an intrusive narrator, and this is often a big 'no no' with editors. I’ve had to defend this on a few occasions, with the end result being I reduced the instances. It was compromise, but it didn’t hurt the book and it made my editor happy. Big lesson – it’s so much easier to work with a happy editor!" - Suzanne Selfors, author of The Sweetest Spell.
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"I would never agree to de-gay a story. I would also never agree to obscure a female character's basic biological nature, for instance by erasing references to her period. That might sound unusual, but I know several writers who have been asked to do that. I don't understand why a menstrual cycle is still so controversial! Any editor who would require me to do those things would not be an editor I want to work with." - Malinda Lo, author of Adaptation.
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"I can honestly say that I’m very open-minded when it comes to changes. So, far there’s always been a compromise that I could be happy with when it came to story changes. Maybe it won’t always be this way, but so far it has been." - Julie Cross, author of Tempest.
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