Finding your novel’s niche: interview with editor of Crazy Rich Asians, Jenny Jackson
Editor Jenny Jackson shares how Crazy Rich Asians found its niche and connected with readers. She also shares practical tips that help her authors focus their novel’s intent. Finally, she discusses her own transition from editor to author, and what she brought from her editorial experience into her writing process.
0:00 Intro
0:47 Her background
2:51 How Crazy Rich Asians found its niche
10:20 What genre means to the industry
16:32 Tips on finding your story’s niche
19:34 Transition from editor to novelist
27:25 Outro
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
My video essay on CRAZY RICH ASIANS: • How Crazy Rich Asians hooks readers: build...
Reading group promotional piece: http://knopfdoubleday.com/2014/06/13/...
Excerpt in Vogue: https://www.vogue.com/article/another...
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel http://emilymandel.com/stationeleven....
ROOM by Emma Donoghue https://emmadonoghue.com/books/novels...
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT by Chris Bohjalian https://chrisbohjalian.com/the-flight...
MAINE by J. Courtney Sullivan https://www.jcourtneysullivan.com/maine
SAINTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS by J. Courtney Sullivan https://www.jcourtneysullivan.com/sai...
New York Times article on rich Millennials: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/st...
Jenny Jackson on Twitter: / jennyejackson
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What’s the best way to start a story? What makes readers, agents, and publishers take a chance on our book? What holds their attention? There’s plenty of advice out there on how to write a first chapter, but so much of it is generic. So, instead, I went looking for concrete examples in great books. On HOW THE NOVEL STARTS, I explore the opening chapters of popular novels, and figure out what writers can learn from them for their own work.
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