![]() ![]() Is there a scene in Fresh that stands out to you as a favourite and were there any scenes that didn’t quite make the cut that you’d be able to share with us? Instead of being afraid of it, they embraced it, which is exactly what I was hoping for. ![]() The entire team at Abrams from my editor to the designer, to the marketing and sales teams, everyone got the story and what I was trying to do from the very beginning. But what this did for me was it provided a sense of certainty with did ultimately publish the novel. And it did end up being that way! A lot of publishers passed on it or were interested only if I changed key aspects of the story like set it in high school instead of college, or make Elliot straight instead of bisexual, or focus more on her relationship with her family instead of her relationship with sex and intimacy. And all that this knowledge did was make me very aware that a lot of the choices I was making were going to make most publishers uncomfortable. Working in publishing has given me insight into how publishers think, what excites them but also what makes them nervous and wary of what they think they can sell. A post shared by Margot Wood worked in the publishing industry yourself, do you think this affected your writing experience in any way and if so, how? ![]()
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