Kyle Perry
This month I had a brilliant chat with Tasmanian author Kyle Perry about his second novel The Deep.
I’d heard Kyle talk about his writing process before and he was so articulate and generous with his own experiences of writing, I knew he’d be perfect for the podcast. In this chat with Kyle about his latest novel The Deep, we talked about the importance of the opening image of a novel, Kyle’s trick to creating a good plot twist, how to make characters distinctive from one another and Kyle gives us a great example of what he did to make a couple of his characters more likeable. He also shares some of the editorial notes he received from his publisher on The Deep and how he applied them, so there are some greats insights there.
There ARE spoilers in this episode. If you prefer not to know anything about The Deep or any of its fantastic twists and turns, come back and listen after you’ve read it. And I highly recommend you do because this is a really great, in-depth chat about the ins and outs of writing this particular book. You can buy a copy of The Deep here.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Elizabeth Gilbert on her mantra ‘Done is better than good.’
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
ABOUT KYLE PERRY
Kyle Perry is a drug and alcohol counsellor based in Hobart, Tasmania. He has grown up around the Tasmanian bush and seas, with the landscape a key feature of his writing and his spare time. He loves the sea, and his entire leg is covered in ocean tattoos.
His debut novel, The Bluffs, has been translated into five languages. It was shortlisted for the Dymocks Book of the Year and the Indie’s Debut Fiction Book of the Year, and was longlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards’ General Fiction Book of the Year.
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