![]() ![]() ![]() I tend to write in layers - I start with the setting before building even a skeletal plot or having any vague inkling of the characters, and then I begin to populate it. Once the original concept existed, how did you build a plot around it? I have reams of old drafts that’ll never see the light of day.) I guess it’s true that no writing is ever wasted! (That is a lie. ![]() But Harrow Lakeunderwent several massive changes while I was drafting, and it’s only as I look back that I realize the first draft was actually really close to the plot of Nightjar. There are quite a few horror movie references throughout the book, and the story takes place in a town which was used as the set for a horror movie some 20 years ago called Nightjar. My love of horror movies is definitely where Harrow Lake sprang from. Did you have a specific origin point for your book? ![]() Ideas for our books can come from just about anywhere, and sometimes even we can’t pinpoint exactly how or why. When she’s not writing, Kat can usually be found adventuring in ruined castles and cemeteries, taking photos of weird and wonderful things to inspire her writing. She writes creepy thrillers, including Harrow Lake, coming this summer from Penguin Random House Children’s. Today’s guest for the WHAT is Kat Ellis, a young adult author from North Wales. ![]()
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