BEA IS NEXT WEEK! Here are my answers to possible questions about it, or you can skip to the bottom of this post for my schedule while I'm there:
Book Expo America is a conference, primarily for professional industry types (publishing people! Booksellers! Etc.), but also for all variety of people from readers to authors to book bloggers to other press people, and so on. It is in New York City, at the Javitz Center. This year it takes place from May 29th to June 1st. You need a badge to get in, and you have to pay for a badge, and if you want to attend, you can find out more here: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Register-Now/
Yes, I will be attending this year! And I am excited.
No, I will not be signing Allegiant there, because it comes out on October 22nd, and there will be no Allegiant ARCs (Advance Reader Copies-- early, uncorrected copies of books printed for promotional purposes).
When I say there will be no Allegiant ARCs, I mean there really won't be any Allegiant ARCs, not even under the tables for super special people, not even in my apartment, not even later this year, nowhere. NEVAH.
However, I will be signing really cool Allegiant posters for you to add to your swag collection. When my name is present on the signing schedule, that's what it means-- poster signing!
Yes, I will be giving a keynote at the BEA Children's Breakfast on May 31st at 8:00AM with Octavia Spencer, Mary Pope Osborne, and Rick Riordan. Tickets to this event may actually be sold out-- not sure-- but you can find out more information here: http://www.bookexpoamerica.
Yes, I am nervous, thank you for asking.
No, just so you know, my keynote speech will not provide any more details about Allegiant that haven't already been released elsewhere. It is actually not so much about my books and more about writing, reading, and my experience with both.
TL;DR here's my BEA schedule
Thursday, May 30th
8:30AM-- there will be an Allegiant-themed stunt at the Crystal Palace entrance. If you're there, you could get a little cool somethingorother. I can't say anything more.
9:00AM-- this is when you can get a ticket to the poster signing, at booth #2039. (They are only handing out 200 tickets, FYI.)
1:00-2:00PM-- I'm signing ze posters at #2039
Friday, May 31st
8:00-9:30AM-- I'll be speaking at the Children's Breakfast in the Special Events Hall. This event is ticketed. It will be fun, though.
That's it! I won't be doing any other events in NYC because it's going to be sort of a tight schedule for me, but hopefully I will be back in the area soon.
See you there, BEAers!
Book Expo America is a conference, primarily for professional industry types (publishing people! Booksellers! Etc.), but also for all variety of people from readers to authors to book bloggers to other press people, and so on. It is in New York City, at the Javitz Center. This year it takes place from May 29th to June 1st. You need a badge to get in, and you have to pay for a badge, and if you want to attend, you can find out more here: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Register-Now/
Yes, I will be attending this year! And I am excited.
No, I will not be signing Allegiant there, because it comes out on October 22nd, and there will be no Allegiant ARCs (Advance Reader Copies-- early, uncorrected copies of books printed for promotional purposes).
When I say there will be no Allegiant ARCs, I mean there really won't be any Allegiant ARCs, not even under the tables for super special people, not even in my apartment, not even later this year, nowhere. NEVAH.
However, I will be signing really cool Allegiant posters for you to add to your swag collection. When my name is present on the signing schedule, that's what it means-- poster signing!
Yes, I will be giving a keynote at the BEA Children's Breakfast on May 31st at 8:00AM with Octavia Spencer, Mary Pope Osborne, and Rick Riordan. Tickets to this event may actually be sold out-- not sure-- but you can find out more information here: http://www.bookexpoamerica.
Yes, I am nervous, thank you for asking.
No, just so you know, my keynote speech will not provide any more details about Allegiant that haven't already been released elsewhere. It is actually not so much about my books and more about writing, reading, and my experience with both.
TL;DR here's my BEA schedule
Thursday, May 30th
8:30AM-- there will be an Allegiant-themed stunt at the Crystal Palace entrance. If you're there, you could get a little cool somethingorother. I can't say anything more.
9:00AM-- this is when you can get a ticket to the poster signing, at booth #2039. (They are only handing out 200 tickets, FYI.)
1:00-2:00PM-- I'm signing ze posters at #2039
Friday, May 31st
8:00-9:30AM-- I'll be speaking at the Children's Breakfast in the Special Events Hall. This event is ticketed. It will be fun, though.
That's it! I won't be doing any other events in NYC because it's going to be sort of a tight schedule for me, but hopefully I will be back in the area soon.
See you there, BEAers!
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Thanks for writing these post and showing us how you work through your draft process. I'm enjoying reading about it all and find it very interesting. We all know writing books takes alot of time and effort but I think we forget (I know I'm guilty of this at times) about the work that comes after the first draft is completed.
This is so helpful! Breaking it down this way makes it seem less impossible. Thanks and I can't wait to read it!
You're the best. This is going to help me so much
Can I just say that you have written the best books I have read in a long, long time! I am super picky when I read and I just finished Insurgent, and was very, very happy with the way it ended. I love reading your blog and the insight you share with your writing process.
Thank you for posting these revision posts! (Actually thank you for posting everything you post. Love it all.) It's super helpful to see your revision process step-by-step. I'm revising right now too, so your comment, "...possibly ideas for others trying to revise" really means "I POSTED THIS TO HELP OUT HAY! JUST FOR HER!" :-D. Hehe. Okay, so maybe not. I'm really excited because the timing of these posts is PERFECT.
Full circling back to the point: Thank you for your dedication to helping other writers! :-). *Raises glass to Veronica* Hip, hip, Hurrah!
Thank you for posting this! Now i am highly anticipating the revision of my nano draft...yikes! (its my first year for nano so i am going to need all the help i can get!) and who better than to get it from than my favorite author!
Veronica I just wanted you to know that youu are my role model. for so many reasons i cannot list...
thank you so much! (you write fantastic advice:D )
-Kait
I was just wondering when you typically come up with a title. Is it a thought you have from an idea you form at the begining? Or do you write out most scenes and have to already know what the ending will be like? Or maybe it is about just knowing the main idea? Just very curious. Thanks!
THANK YOU VERONICA!!!
These posts help so much for waitning for the book, it's like some sort of "countdown"... I (and the whole fandom, I guess) apreciate that you're so creative and so helpful with your books! You make people think and that's amazing!!!
-Mona
Thanks for blogging about this! I'm revising right now and this is extremely helpful!
I have certainly used the Comments in Word, when I wrote a novel where the action takes place in a 24-hour period. Whenever a character noted that something was two hours ago, or they had six hours left, I inserted "Time indicator," in case changing one incident in the story would mean changing multiple time indicators.
At least one editor has said that it's funny when writers turn in manuscripts with these notes still included. It's not a deal-breaker; they get more insight into the writer's process. But still, not a good idea.
Your writing advise is great :) reading everyday. Just bought Insurgent Collectors Edition, its the best thing ever since meeting you !!! :)
-DivergentBookworm
A few weeks ago, a friend who understands the kind of fiction I like recommended DIVERGENT. I was so taken by the first book that I gobbled up INSURGENT as well, and have passed on the recommendation to other friends and students.
I was fascinated to read about your process, and the meticulous craftmanship that goes into it. This means that the next book will be well worth the wait. Since I like to play with words as well, I have a bet going with myself as to the next title. I'll keep that to myself, though.
(Re: Orange soda and Baked Lays. LOL! My vice of choice is Sprite Zero and Cheetohs.)
Hi Veronica,
I just found your books for the first time. Thanks for writing. I enjoyed DIVERGENT and will be checking out INSURGENT from the library as soon as people actually return the book (2 people on waiting list).
By the way, the acknowledgments were the best. Especially the first sentence. That meant a lot.
Thanks,
Emily
PS--don't mind my blog. It's my "if-I-can't-become-a-young-adult-writer" job that I'm doing.
I am so with you on the ripping off the Bandaid! I've found that if I just do it (sorry about the Nike ref) I make room for more creativity overall. Glad for the reminder though, because it can be so much easier to dance around those tough parts.
Thank you for walking us through your process...you offer great insight.
Cheers!
Thankful for your books and now ever so thankful for awesome editing tips! Really cool to see how you do it ;)
Hopeful writer,
Grace
You've mentioned in some of your earlier posts that when you wrote Divergent you added a lot to it...I was wondering, is it hard adding to a book? I'm currently in the revising stage of my second book, and it's a bit shorter than the first. with the first book, I didn't add anything really, but with this one I want to, but I feel like it will mess up the whole story. Does adding something near the beginning mean a harder job editing because of having to add references further on in the book?
You are so awesome. I will be referring to this stuff when revising my NaNo novel. Oh yes.
Thank you! I really need to work on editing, usauly I skip that part because I don't know what to do!
How goes the eventual eradication of the Giant List of Doom?
Hey Veronica I have a question how did you even begain to start the idea for your book and how long did it take thank you so much.
Scrivener is super awesome! I love it! Thanks for the advice, that's a wonderful way to organize things! Never thought about it in "global issues" or "local issues" before, but that's really cool!
I wrote my second book before I finished editing my first book, so unfortunately, when I DID finish my first one, it created "galactic issues" in the second one. So, I'm struggling to fix all that.
Have a nice day!
Hey, I just found your books. I just wanted to first let you know they were rockin! and second, how excited I was that you were my age and I had to say CONGRATS and way to inspire all of us "younger" writers.
Also thanks for discussing your technique, so many writers are tightlipped about it. I had never heard of Scrivener before, and am so glad I have. I was crushed when OneNote no longer worked on my mac. Thank you!
Greetings. I want to say that I love your books as well as your style of writing; it really draws the reader in and makes it feel as if they are actually the main character. As an English major at University, I can appreciate this incredible skill. Also, I am aware that you do not have a name for the third book yet. What about 'Convergent'? The dictionary definition means 'coming closer together'. To converge is to come come together from different directions to meet. I've no idea what plot you are doing for the third book, but perhaps at the ending the broken factions, as well as the factionless, come together to finally make things work. Just some food for thought. Have a lovely evening, and I can't wait for book three!
Hi :) Maybe I start by apologizeing for my grammar. I'm from Poland and I don't know English so well :). I wanna say what I love your books and character of Tris. I write too but i'm sure my work isn't as organised as yours.;) I'm only 17 and I have no expirience in "real" writing, but I relly want publish in the future. Do you have some tips for people like me, how to start and what is required when you want to send your work to the publisher?
I relly can't wait to read your third book :D
Elizabeth.
Cool to see your writing process! You and I have a mutual friend and he's been encouraging me to read D&I for a long time. I finally did and am really into them. Well done! I'm very excited to see where book 3 goes.
I'm so glad that you're one step closer to finishing the third book. I'm almost done Insurgent. I started it back in June. I don't want to finish it, but I do. If I finish it, I can always reread it. But when you reread it, it loses that element of surprise. Like in divergent. You already know that Four is Tobias. You already know Tris gets first. You already know that Peter tries to kill Tris. But It's still a wonderful book when you reread it. So I'm torn. I know that as soon as I finish Insurgent, I will NEED the third book. I love the Divergent books, more than any other books. I CAN"T WAIT FOR DETERGENT. THE WAIT IS KILLING ME.
I wish I could be an author so that I would be the only one who knew what happened next until it's published. But when I think about it, I don't really know where I would go from Insurgent. I like it much better when you write the books, and we wait and yell at you to write faster :)
Love your books, keep writing that third book! Take as much time as you need (ok, I'm just saying that to be polite(but you should still take your time to make the third book amazing, just like the first two))!
-Camryn
When I read Divergent and Insurgent, I decided to write my own book. I know that it will never compare to your books, but your writing advice will help me a lot. I'm only 13, but I believe that with your writing advice, I can make a pretty good book.
Hey Veronica!
Just wanted to say your my favorite author! Im also so glad your writing posts like this 1) because i am SUPE SIKED!!!!!! fpr your third book to come out and 2) i am trying to write my own novel. I can only hope it will be close to as great as yours was! Thanks for everything!!
Tris&Tobias 4ever! Luvahh!
-TrisLuverr
I'm (of course) a fan of the books, but hadn't followed your blog yet... so glad I found this post. I recently started using Scrivener and am in love with it! I love finding new ways to use the tools that the program provides. I'll be checking back in again! Thanks for the insights...
You're such an organized writer! I loved your first book--was googling your second and stumbled upon your blog. Fantastic work and good luck with your journey to the completion of the 3rd book! I'm very much looking forward to it!
Best,
Eileen
Hi Veronica! My name is Alex Witkowski, I am 14 and live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I just want to say thank you so much! I have been going through some really rough times the past few years and last week I picked up Divergent. I read it and it honestly changed my life. Reading Divergent took me away from reality for a little bit and let me be myself. It reminded me how much I actually enjoy reading and how much books can influence a person. After Thanksgiving and hearing everyone ask me what I was thankful for, I realized I was thankful for you and your book. I can't wait for Insurgent and your 3rd book! Thank you so much!
~Alex