'The Waking Dark' is about what happens when something awakens a town's darkest impulses and unleashes them on the world. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes awaken dark impulse
As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't think I'm alone - genres are all about boundary drawing, and the YA genre is, in a lot of ways, about carving out boundaries around adolescence, a space for teenagers to do teenage things. Robin Wasserman adolescenceboundarycarve share on social
Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions. I crawled along my swing set, searching for escape routes from my maximum-security prison; I biked through the neighborhood, the wind in my hair and a fleet of evildoers on my heels. Robin Wasserman adventurerbikecrawl share on social
I try not to think too much about an audience when I'm writing the first draft of a book - at that stage, the prospect of anyone reading what I've written would be enough to scare me into setting my laptop on fire. Robin Wasserman audiencebookdraft share on social
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken. Pedro Calderon de la Barca awakendreamfriend Change image and share on social
As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style. Eliza Doolittle artistdarkovernight Change image and share on social
With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed. Judy Chicago changedisguiseearly Change image and share on social