I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion. Sara Zarr emotionhighlisten Change image and share on social
I have no desire to go back to San Francisco. Sara Zarr backdesirefrancisco Change image and share on social
The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please. Sara Zarr difficultprettyreader Change image and share on social
I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please. Sara Zarr craftdifficultfocus Change image and share on social
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good. Sara Zarr clarinetdisciplinegood Change image and share on social
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night, and we always loved playing make-believe games. I had a well-primed imagination. I didn't start thinking about writing as a serious pursuit, a career I could have, until after college. Sara Zarr begincareercollege share on social
Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I'm of the mind that knowledge is probably not power, at least in terms of the work. Sara Zarr badgoodknowledge Change image and share on social
When my characters are questioning things, it's not me leading up to an answer; it's me asking those same questions and letting the characters' lives unfold and seeing where it takes them. Sara Zarr answercharacterlead Change image and share on social
Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars. Sara Zarr makepatternping Change image and share on social
When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader sympathies get really interesting. Sara Zarr developmentinterestnarrator Change image and share on social