Often I have the final sentence in my head long before I get to it, so I know when I’m done when I finally get to write that sentence down. By the end of the book, I’m normally writing around 2,000–3,000 words a day. It always takes me a while to get going, but the more I write, the more I write. Although I don’t plan every detail, I like to have a very clear idea of my characters and where I’m starting and ending before I actually begin writing. Q: Describe the process of writing the novel – how long did it take? When did you decide it was done?Ī: I spent as long planning SIX (four months) as I did writing it. That night, I came up with the idea for my first book – The Ability – about the mind powers that all twelve-year-olds have for one year – powers that nobody wants children to find out about. I told him I wished I could tell him that he did. Vaughan tells us about the writing of the book, and how her experience of working in SEN education inspired her to become a children’s author.Ī: I was talking to one of my students who was having a difficult time at home, and he said that he wished he had super powers so he could make things better. Vaughan’s SIX is a thrilling tale of technological innovation and unknown worlds, featuring a telepathic family (with a pet pig), who must solve the mystery of their missing scientist father, and take on the evil corporation known as ‘SIX’.
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