Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggottis a novelist, essayist and poet who also writes under the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. She is an associate professor at Florida State University's Creative Writing Program...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 September 1969
Julianna Baggott quotes about
target boundaries novel
A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.
mistake way sometimes
Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.
love-is indulge-in luxury
Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.
sexist
I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.
writing boundaries genre
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.
sex catholic abuse
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.
shame young
Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.
character ears whispering
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.
children ideas profound
It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.
years stronger red
Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.
writing men want
If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.
character play trying
I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal forces play out in their lives.
writing intricacy formal
The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.
motivation writing giving
If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.