Notas del episodio
“I think that it all goes back to childhood. I’ve always really been writing about family. I suppose we always are. I do think that it is the original wound, and it's where we are kind of wired and built from those early years. So I think every other relationship just replicates that. It's very natural for me to go there, I suppose because the feelings are most intense there. We just keep recycling these relationships and dynamics over and over again—until maybe someday we can catch ourselves and try to break the bad patterns. It feels the most visceral and real to me, always. You're always looking for that in writing. You want everything to be at this peak intensity, or at least I do. That seems the most natural place to start.
I've thought about that a lot while writing the book. We really are in the age of the grifter, as they keep sayin ...
Palabras clave
Megan Abbott, female relationships, creativity, writing, female friendships, arts, self-expression, childhood, family, psychology, grifters, pyramid schemes, ambition, gymnastics, ballet, adolescence, power dynamics, noir, secrecy, authenticity, mentMegan