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On The Table Read, “the best book magazine in the UK“, children’s book author Sarah T Wright talks about the inspiration behind her Christmas book for children, Anna’s F-Plan.
Written by JJ Barnes
I interviewed Sarah T Wright about her life and career, what inspired her to start writing, and the story of her new Christmas book for children, Anna’s F-Plan.
I’m a photographer, with a passion for art, art history and animals. I love to go walking and running.
I’ve always wanted to write. I remember saying in primary school that I wanted to write books when I grew up. It’s taken a long time, but I’ve finally grown up!
I have spent a lifetime telling family, friends and anyone else who would listen that I was going to be an author, but I didn’t actually sit down and seriously try to write until I moved back home from Spain some ten years ago.
It took me three years, from the time I first started to write ‘Anna’s F-Plan’ until its release this October. I started before lockdown and then, unlike every other author on the planet, I stopped writing during that time.
I remember having the idea for a humorous story about angels whenever I was in high school. So, the seed of this story has been there for a very long time.
Overcoming self-doubt and having faith in myself. Ironically, it was a theme of the book.
I visualise what I write, so I was channelling my inner Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality when I was writing Anna’s character.
I’ll go back to Hollywood for Holly’s character. I imagined a mix of Melissa McCarthy and Rebel Wilson’s wit in the comic interactions with Anna. Leonardo’s character on the other hand was inspired by love of Renaissance art.
Anna Frost was a lieutenant in Heaven’s army. It was her life, so to speak, but it’s not until she has a life, that she begins to question what it is she really wants.
I sat down, with a new notebook, pen in hand at a table in the library and waited to see what happened. After a few days of doodling, staring out the window at the traffic passing by and praying for divine inspiration, Anna marched onto the page wielding a rather large sword. She led, I followed, and the story flowed.
This was my first book, so I had no idea what the editing process involved. I thought I had done a pretty good job editing my book until my editor informed me otherwise! I used a lot of informal writing out of speech to convey the humour and song lyrics in some comic scenes, but she pointed out that was wrong, so a few chapters had to be re-written. It was a valuable learning process.
Don’t let fear hold you back. Believe in yourself, in your story. Have faith and just do it.
I have started working on my second book that centres on Leonardo and his story.
Absolutely! I feel a great sense of achievement that I’ve finally realised my dream to write a book.
You can purchase Anna’ F Plan from Waterstones | Foyles | Amazon | Cranthorpe Millner
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