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I don't think I'm capable of giving a character every possible victory, no matter how much I love them, without feeling as if their ending isn't genuine to their actual trials.

I don't think I'm capable of giving a character every possible victory, no matter how much I love them, without feeling as if their ending isn't genuine to their actual trials.


Adam Silvera  Adam Silvera
Tags: Walking  Me  Numbers  Left  Like  Number 

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Adam Silvera is a New York Times Bestselling author of young adult fiction, best known for his novels They Both Die at the End, What If It's Us, and More Happy Than Not.

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It wasn't until I hit 20 that I became an obsessive reader, I think, which feels a little funny considering I was a bookseller for five years and have been reviewing YA novels for four years.

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 Tags: Funny Think Little Four I Think Hit
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I'm definitely of the 'Harry Potter'-transfigured-me-into-a-reader-and-writer generation. And that's really all I read throughout my teen years, because I really devoted all my time to writing and reading friends' fan-fiction.

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 Tags: Time Reading Writing Teen Friends
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The book industry is all about community, and it never really feels like anyone is competing against anyone, thankfully.

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There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.

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 Tags: Happy Expectations Think I Think May
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When I really want to be comforted myself, what I look for is a story about how somebody could survive something really difficult.

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 Tags: Myself Story Look Survive Want How
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I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.

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I'm building this reputation as YA heartbreaker, I know. Some people like 'happily ever after,' but I don't think that's me.

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I have OCD and, literally, walking on the left, needing things to be in even numbers with few exceptions. One and seven, any number that ends in seven, that's all me. All the tics like the pulling of the ear and scratching of the palms, all me.

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 Tags: Walking Me Numbers Left Like Number
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