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toricentanni:

I say a lot of stuff about writing and 90% of it is for my own benefit. I’m still learning. Higher stakes and plot are two of the things I still have a lot of trouble with. I’m learning and getting better, but sometimes I have to remind myself that there need to be stakes for your protagonist and characters or no one is going to care. A lot of my older stories lack high stakes or if the stakes are there, they aren’t made clear to the reader. So it’s something I have to be vigilant about. Character studies are great but they need something to pull them along into story.

Also stakes are good to have on hand in case of vampire attack, so…

‘Stakes’ no longer looks like a real word.

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novelfirstlines:

“I see …” said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.

— Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire (1976)

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l-e-s-t-a-t:

What’s confirmed about Prince Lestat:

  • “Nearly all” of the vampires are in it, except those from her crossover books with the Mayfairs
  • There’s a vampire radio station owned by Benji out of New York
  • Some chick is going to Stanford
  • Lestat learns how to use iPhones but then forgets how like two nights later
  • There’s a big conflict with the Talamasca and it’s going to bring the coven together
  • It’s longer than Interview with the Vampire
  • Christopher said the book is “Game of Thrones” style
  • The book is not told exclusively from Lestat’s POV; there’s a lot of third person, some of which is told by mortals and Talamascans.
  • Anne has already signed a contract to write a sequel to Prince Lestat; this is the “first book” in a “new incarnation” of the Vampire Chronicles
  • Anne’s in talks for movie deals (not really new news) and thinks we’ll hear something in the fall from Hollywood

THANK U FOR GATHERING THESE BULLET POINTS l-e-s-t-a-t!