Friday, February 3, 2012

Cassandra Clare on Love

CC was a keynote speaker. It's always fun to see and hear the author of books I have on my bookshelf. I never got through the series because I'd long tired of anything-vampire-but my students ate the series up. And the woman demands respect for concocting a best selling series.
She spoke of four different kind of love
1. forbidden love by family
2. forbidden love by society
3. love forbidden by taboo
4. dangerous love

Cassandra's advice was to not be afraid to create really big obstacles for characters. Tension and high stakes.
Her best advice concerning love: A love story that's fun to live is not fun to read about.

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