![]() ![]() This is part of what makes great books great … but it is also what makes bad books bad. How does this apply to fiction? With fiction, there are almost no restraints to what a writer can do or say. This starts and ends with a well-structured plot, which is pretty much the only tool dramatic writers have to work with - if it’s not something a character does or says, it doesn’t make it into the story! I can tend to be a bit abstract and rambling in my thinking, but theatre and film writers can’t afford to ramble: they have two hours to tell a story, and if the pace lags, people will start walking out. How did your experiences in writing screenplays help you in developing your plot? ![]() A lot of writers read and recommend books on how to write a screenplay in helping to develop solid plots. I read that you have a background in screenwriting. That is so awesome how you learned from one of your favorite authors and applied it to your own writing. Really, the eyes are less an antidote to Peter's blindness than a promise of something better than a life of crime - which is his deeper longing.ģ. But in the spirit of “be careful what you wish for” (something else Dahl is a master of), I decided that the eyes needed to be a little bit of a mixed blessing - they do impossible things, but not always what Peter wants them to. Then I asked myself what would be the one thing such a boy would wish for? Well, eyes make a lot of sense, at least on a surface level. So to answer your question, I began Peter Nimble with a character in need: a weak, blind orphan thief. Not just food, but candy - the most decadent food any boy can imagine! Of course, along the way, Dahl also begins to address a deeper longing within his characters, which is where the real story resides. And what does Dahl give him? He gives him a factory made of candy. ![]() Take Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: it’s the story of a boy who is starving - literally suffering from starvation. From Matilda to The BFG, he creates stories in which a suffering character receives something magical that speaks directly to their need in a funny, wondrous way. A while back I started seeing a pattern of wish fulfillment in his stories. One of my favorite authors is Ronald Dahl. How did you get the idea to use that in your story? I love how you used the three pairs of magical eyes as the basis of the magic in your story. It’s a story that came out of a lifetime of reading and collecting classic children’s books - from Alice Through the Looking-Glass to Treasure Island to Wizard of Oz … Peter Nimble is a sort of love letter to all the books that shaped me as a writer and human being.Ģ. Peter Nimble & His Fantastic Eyes tells the story of a ten year-old blind orphan who also happens to be the greatest thief who ever lived. Tell us a little about yourself and your book. So glad it makes your birthday a little more special. Thanks so much! I’m not actually a big fan of birthdays (at least not my own), but getting to be on Literary Rambles makes for a pretty cool present!ġ. His name, as you've probably guessed, is Peter Nimble. This is the story of the greatest thief who ever lived. At one time, however, the world was simply thick with them. Of course, the age of great thievery has long since pa ssed today there are few child-thieves left, blind or otherwise. Moreover, their fingers are so small and nimble that they can slip right through keyholes, and their ears so keen that they can hear the faint clicks and clacks of every movin g part inside even the most complicated lock. As you can well imagine, blind children have incredible senses of smell, and they can tell what lies behind a locked door- be it fine cloth, gold, or peanut brittle- at fifty paces. Now, f or those of you who know anything about blind children, you are aware that they make the ver y best thieves. His debut book PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES was released on August 1, 2011. Today I’m excited to interview Jonathan Auxier.
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