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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lorraine Jenkin (view source)
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'''* BB: How do you go about the business of making up a plot? I'm wondering if it arrives almost complete or is it more or a meandering journey where characters lead the storyline?'''
LJ: So far, I have had the main plot lines in my head and I start writing knowing the main characters and what they will doing. As the plot develops, the other characters develop also and take on little lives of their own. However, [[Cold Enough to To Freeze Cows by Lorraine Jenkin|Cold Enough to Freeze Cows]] was different somewhat as the planned plot changed and the main character became a side character when my own life changed – I became pregnant again and it seemed only fair that some of the things that were happening to me also happened to some of my characters.
'''* BB: I particularly loved Godfrey in ''Eating Blackbirds'' and Menna in ''Cold Enough to Freeze Cows''. Who are your favourite characters?'''