Freelance Writing Direct: Conversations with authors, journalists, agents, novelists, memoirists, niche writers, agents, publishers, writing teachers, assigning editors and media experts.

#117 The Magical Metamorphosis Of Character Development Featuring Ann Garvin

12 Dec 2024 • 32 min • EN

Ann Garvin, Ph.D. is the USA Today Bestselling author, finalist for the Thomas Wolf Fiction Prize, and freelance contributor at the New York Times. Ann is a nurse, scientist, educator and author of six funny and sad novels. She writes about women who do too much in a world that asks too much from them. She currently teaches creative writing at Drexel University in their low residency MFA program and is the founder of the multiple award-winning Tall Poppy Writers. In this episode: The background of Bummer Camp [2:26] How Ann structured the transformation of each character in her novel [5:27] The way she built in conflict and roadblocks for each of her characters [8:34] How Ann equates structuring her book to painting a wall [13:09] What Ann does when she underwrites to fill in the gaps [17:58] Focusing on action and movement in the book [20:47] How Ann uses the endings of chapters to “open the door” to the next chapter [22:17] Ann’s groundbreaking way of promoting the book [29:17] Connect with Ann https://anngarvin.com Twitter: https://x.com/AnnGarvin_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anngarvin_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnWertzGarvin?ref=br_tf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ann.w.garvin Ann’s Modern Love essay He Wanted To Date Younger Women https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/style/modern-love-he-wanted-to-date-younger-women.html Buy Bummer Camp on Estelle’s Bookshop https://bookshop.org/p/books/bummer-camp-ann-garvin/21144547?aid=98827&ean=9781662518560&listref=authors-who-have-appeared-on-freelance-writing-direct& Connect with Estelle Erasmus Apply to be on Freelance Writing Direct in a coaching episode: email freelancewritingdirect@gmail.com and state three of the issues you are dealing with that you would like Estelle’s help with. FREE PITCHING GUIDE: Find out more about this episode at https://estelleserasmus.com/podcast. You also get a free pitching guide if you sign up for her newsletter. Sign up for Estelle’s Personal Essay Class for Writer’s Digest https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/courses/writing-the-personal-essay-101-fundamentals Sign up for Estelle’s NYU Classes https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/faculty/e/1068-estelle-erasmus.html Get Her Book Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published: https://rb.gy/5ihwp0 Order Her Audiobook: https://shorturl.at/4uG2P Sign up for her Substack https://estelleserasmus.substack.com (with craft advice and writing opportunities). Paid subscribers receive opportunities for pitch reviews, plus bonus clips from Freelance Writing Direct guests Follow Estelle: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EstelleSErasmus TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@EstelleSErasmus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstelleSerasmus BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/estelleserasmus.bsky.social

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