A Moment With… Sophie King

Published February 5, 2014 | By Laura

Sophie King, shares the best piece of writing advice she’s even been given?

An editor at Orion who gave me some advice on viewpoint. It was before I was published. Although she didn’t take me on, she called me into her office and kindly told me I had ‘potential’. She then explained that it wasn’t a good idea, in her view, to jump around people’s heads on one page. You had to think yourself into someone’s mind and stay with it until a line break or a new chapter. It was as if someone had turned a light on. After that, I realized I wanted to write multi-viewpoint novels where I follow the lives of two or three people who are joined together by the plot.

Sophie’s latest release is an ebook edition of her novel, Second Time Lucky. She’s also the author of School Run and numerous non-fiction titles.

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.

A Moment With… Sophie King

Sophie King, shares the best piece of writing advice she’s even been given?

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