Writing Heists and Avoiding Info-Dumps with Kayvion Lewis - Thieves' Gambit

09/25/23 • 42 min

In this week’s episode, Marissa chats with Kayvion Lewis about her new YA heist thriller, THIEVES’ GAMBIT. Also discussed: books coming out of dreams, creating a cast of characters when being a plot-first type of writer, the importance of revision in layering characters and refining complicated details (heists!), letting the world around you influence the writing, no matter how random it may seem at first, the newly coined “Point and See” method, transitioning from one book to the next and how much to include to catch up readers without adding info-dumps, the circle of inspiration from one generation to the next, and more!

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09/25/23 • 42 min

The Happy Writer with Marissa Meyer - Writing Heists and Avoiding Info-Dumps with Kayvion Lewis - Thieves' Gambit

Transcript

[00:10] Marissa: Hello, and welcome to the Happy Writer. This is a podcast that aims to bring readers more books to enjoy and to help authors find more joy in their writing. I am your host, Marissa Meyer. Thanks so much for joining me. A big thing is making me happy this week. I know lately it's been like a lot of moving into a new house and homeschooling my kids and those are always wonderful, beautiful things. But you might be more interested in the fact that I just sold another book. I'm so

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