"Writing Process of Famous Author"

Jodi Picoult

Jodi is my favorite writer of all time. Her books are very detailed and they are filled with so many emotions and feelings. They have great, solid plots, but there are twists and turns everywhere and the reader can never know what is going to happen. She has told some journalists that she has never really had a writing process because, most of the time, she never knows what is going to happen in her books either. Jodi mentioned times that she was typing and her character comes to life on its own. "I love the moments when my characters get up and walk off on their own two feet." She recollects a story of her talking to her mother on the phone and telling her mother that she would not believe what is happening to Ellie, which lead to her hanging up on Jodi. Her she was scared because Jodi Picoult has never really had a writing process that can be put into an outline, especially with her daily, weekly and even monthly schedules with tours, spending time with her children and her husband. She says that writing can be like riding a bike down a hill with a smooth, and cool breeze, but sometimes it is like riding a bike through mud. In her alone time, she will write in the attic just to get one more scene in before dinner, which apparently turns into three because she cannot take her eyes off of the page when she is typing her stories. With some of her stories, she thinks of them and starts to type but with some, she actually goes out and experiences them for herself. In Plain Truth a lawyer, after a newborn baby was found dead in an Amish family's barn, has to stay with them for a couple of weeks until their trial is over. Jodi Picoult went to stay at an Amish families house for a week before writing her book. She milked cows at four thirty in the morning, helped cook meals, participated in bible study, and got to know the people for who they really are. For Change at Heart, she visited Death Row in Arizona, and interviewed many people there, including guards and officers. Her writing process is going our before she writes and taking real life stories, and bringing them to life in her books with different characters. She  rarely ever sits at home and writes a whole book. Jodi gets her inspiration and writing process from the real world, and not from her imagination.