![]() It was a long, long process, and I’ve had these characters in my head for so long that I’m a little bereft to be done with their story. The first draft took three years, and then I rewrote it almost from scratch, which took another year and a half. I had to teach myself how to write a novel by trial and error. ![]() Then I started drafting the book in earnest in 2013, still with only a hazy idea of what I was doing. I spent a lot of time doing written doodles about them, and I thought I had a handle on how to turn them into a book-and then I started writing my MA thesis concurrently and I learned that no, actually, I had no idea how longform writing worked. I’d been playing with similar plot ideas to These Violent Delights for a very long time, since I was a teenager myself, but nothing quite gelled until I conceived these particular characters in about 2011. Micah Nemerever: Thank you! I’m so happy to talk with you. ![]() ![]() Can you talk to me about the concept and development of the novel? What was your writing, rewriting, and revision process like? Matthew Turbeville: Micah, I love love love These Violent Delights and really think it’s so thought provoking and really opens up a lot of room for discourse, discussion, and understanding. ![]()
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