Part #4 of our chat with @Elle Beauregard LUV: You include something magic or paranormal in all of your stories. Why? Elle: Love this question! There is a short answer and a (slightly) longer answer. The short (sarcastic) version: I live in the real world, so why would I want to write about it? đ The longer (more accurate) answer is that I havenât yet found a better, more entertaining way to strip away a characterâs façade than through magic and the paranormal. Beneath all the bluster, trauma, and socialized biases of everybody is the real, unfiltered truth of a person. My favorite thing as an author is crafting stories that uncover that unfiltered truth in my characters so they can move forward in their world as their real, most powerful selves. For Leah, in The Shift Series, that quite literally meant stepping into a role of leadership and recognition in her community and the world. For Wren in The Cloaked Series, that involved letting herself own the power she already had by embracing her magic and love after crippling loss. Getting to that unfiltered truth is what I love most about creating stories, and using the paranormal to do it is the most fun way I know.
Posted by LUV Team at 2022-06-09 19:00:58 UTC