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I have heard rumors that Disney is looking at your book to become a film, is there any truth to these rumors?
There is truth! I had a conference call last week with five guys from Disney and they seem very excited about the series. They optioned the rights but a lot of other things still have to happen before we can say they are officially making a movie (finding a screen-writer, etc.) In the meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed!!
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:14:57 PM
Hi, Lauren!
I've been wondering, in many YA stories in which the protagonists are immortal (or at least been alive for well over 20 years), why do they still act their physical-appearance age (i.e., teens) instead of their chronological one? Is this so that they'd be on an equal footing emotionally with the non-immortal characters who are still teens? Wouldn't a person get tired of being treated like a teen for decades? How did you handle this with Daniel?
Cool question, Cories. I think this is an important thing for paranormal writers to consider and understand. In some ways, yes, I think it's crucial to most YA books that the characters readers get to know fall into a similar age window. But I had a writing teacher who once told me that every big decision an author makes should have more than one explanation. For example, the title should be able to be read on at least three different levels. She was a tough cookie.
Anyway, while I can't speak for other books, I think this is very good advice for writers who are after a complex story. In FALLEN, there is another very specific reason why Daniel (and the other characters) must be seventeen. I don't want to post any spoilers, but it has to do with Luce and her past history, and the role that the other characters play in her future. This is a question that I'd love to speak about more...once some of the other books in the series have come out!
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:22:10 PM
At first I had my doubts... but I just read Fallen and it was amazing!!! my question is, has that ever happened to you, that someone struck a chord in your memory but you couldn't figure out why? if yes was that a key inspiration for fallen?
I haven't had that deja-vu experience upon first meeting a person--but I have had it with a location. And ever since that experience, I've always been fascinated with reincarnation. It is a big part of why I wanted to write it into Luce's character. It's not a glamorous story. I was in seventh grade, watching a video about a Scottish castle being invaded. And I knew--sitting in the middle of my dark classroom, surrounded by people I would never mention this to--that I had been in that castle in a former life. Writing this now makes me think I should hop on a plane and visit that castle and see if I get the same deja-vu in person. Someday....
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:26:26 PM
Hi, so I was wondering what do you think the next big "thing", you could say, in young adult books is going to be? First it was wizards and witches with Harry Potter, now it's all about vampires, what do you think will be next? In this class I have, we were talking about this and we thought the next big thing is going to be the end of the world stuff. What do you think?
That's a great question--and very cool that you're talking about it in a class. I don't remember getting to have such relevant discussions when I was in school. The end of the world stuff, as you say, is so fascinating. How to live in a world that is unrecognizable. I think the fear and fascination surrounding that idea is drawing people in right now because it can feel like our world is falling apart. I just saw The Road the other day (and loved reading the book).
I think if some of the end-of-the-world intrigue has to do with 2012's approach. And what will be the next big thing in 2013...assuming we all make it....something for us writers to start thinking about, I guess!
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:32:55 PM
Lauren,
What was your reaction when you saw Fallen on the shelves for the first time?
EEEK! It's finally real and not just a very cool dream!!!!
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:34:32 PM
Hello! I was curious - what are your favorite type of characters to write?
Hey Erica,
I love the funny, crazy ones the most. Arriane might be my favorite in Fallen. I just have a good time when I'm writing a scene with her in it--though sometimes she and I get carried away with the jokes and my editor has to rein it in. I'll get a note that says, "um, this is a really gruesome battle scene, should Arriane really be passing around cocktails in a tutu?" Whoops.
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:36:52 PM
Hi Lauren Kate,
I was thinking about "forbidden love" and was wondering:
Can two people really be in love if they aren't even friends? Or do you think true love stems from friendship?
Hey Caramelpudding--
This is a good question. I think that friendship is one of the most important aspects of love, but I wouldn't stay that true love necessarily stems from friendship. Of course, it can, but I don't think camaraderie is the only possible origin of love. I'm speaking from my most recent experience here. When I met my husband, I was instantly drawn to him, instantly attracted to him, and instantly intimidated by him. But we were never really friends until after we started dating. At the beginning, before I considered Jason a trusted friend, I wasn't in love with Jason the way I am now, but I was in love with him. I definitely fell for him romantically first and when our friendship came easily after that, I knew that this was it.
I understand why you're asking this, and appreciate the chance to get to answer it. So many love stories seem to skip the friendship stage, don't they? There's tension and drama and arguing and all sorts of things that make for good page-turning storytelling--while all the while, readers are crying out for some of those more down-to-earth elements that make us feel like we are really invested in a relationship.
Of course, in Fallen, I've complicated Luce and Daniel's initial romance by making it not really their initial romance. They have a very long and complicated history together that Luce has to spend a while uncovering. And (I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but...) as the series goes on, I hope to prove how love and friendship really are intertwined in their story!
Posted Dec 26, 2009, 04:48:43 PM
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Hi Lauren!
I just finished your book, Fallen, and I can't keep Daniel outta my head lol
I was wondering, how many books will there be in this series? I can't wait!
Posted Feb 06, 2010, 06:45:39 AM
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There is truth! I had a conference call last week with five guys from Disney and they seem very excited about the series. They optioned the rights but a lot of other things still have to happen before we can say they are officially making a movie (finding a screen-writer, etc.) In the meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed!!
That is so cool about the movie! I have not read Fallen yet, but it looks amazing!
I just want to say, that while a lot of books have movies made after them, what really angers me is that the movies always have a different plotline, or are missing the best scenes from the books. I have so far never found a movie from a book that follows the book. I'm not saying that the book should be the actual script for the movie, but it should be a basis. It's like the producers have never even read the book most of the time! I hope that that does not happen with Fallen, and that that whole thing made sense.
I also think that a lot of people would agree with me.
Posted 11 days ago
....... usually I have the opposite problem. I'm not much good at writing short stories because my characters and plots always seem to need much more time (and pages!) to say their piece ........
I have the same exact problem!!
I am writing a novel that I plan to make about an inch thick(I have no idea how many pages that would be sooo) and for some Buzz contests and school they ask for a short story, meaning less than a half a page, but my stories always end up about a whole page, and even then you would think that it was just an excrept(sorry, I don't know how to spell that) with details taken out. It so annoying!
Posted 11 days ago
....... But I would have to adjust myself to the fact that it would be someone else's project and vision ..... I guess I would have to relinquish that fifty percent over to the director/producer/whoever was making the movie and just hope that it turned out okay!
Or you could be the one making the movie or you could work closely with them and then you wouldn't have to give up all of that fifty percent.
Posted 11 days ago
....... group of angels cast out of heaven because they fell in love with mortal women. I started thinking about what it would be like for a regular girl to be with an angel ........
This has absolutely no thing to do with Fallen, it sounds awsome and sadly I have not had the chance to read it yet. The has more to do with the fact that you write about paranormal romance.
Why is it that the girl is the mortal, never the guy? What is up with that? The girl is always the weak, completely oblivious one? Whhhhhhhyyyyy never the guy?
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