Jessica Lee Anderson

Jessica Lee Anderson
Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of Calli, Border Crossing, and Trudy, winner of the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature. She studied writing for young adults at Hollins University and Roehampton University, and she teaches writing through the Institute of Children's Literature. She lives outside Austin, Texas, with her husband.
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Author Q & A
Do you think of the plot first or the characters when you write a story?
I almost always think of characters first.
How do you organize your thoughts before you write a novel? Do you write an outline?
I write one scene at a time. I keep a notebook before I start a book with everything I can think of about my characters, so that I'm never totally alone with a blank screen or page. Once I begin a book, I try to sit at my desk for two or three hours every morning.