Dawn O'Porter (REPLAY): The Freedom of Writing Fiction

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This is a replay of a previous episode with Dawn O’Porter. Dawn has actually come on this podcast 3 times, but this is a replay of the latest conversation we had in 2019, about her brilliant novel So Lucky. She is the author of 6 books including the award-winning YA books Paper Aeroplanes and Goose, her first adult novel The Cows was a Sunday Times Bestseller and her latest book "SO LUCKY" is also a Sunday Times bestseller. The novel is about three women and how life really isn't as perfect as it looks. Ruby is feeling like she's failing as a mother, Beth is in a sexless marriage and online influencer Lauren is not telling the truth on Instagram. We talk about writing fiction, finding inspiration and the power of saying no. Also wanted to take this opportunity to mention that since this interview Dawn has launched a Patreon page where she says writing, videos, competitions, it’s really fun and a great place to hang out if you’re a fan of Dawn’s work. Hope you enjoy this episode re-run!

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0:58.0	Hello, and welcome back to Control or Delete. This is a replay of the previous episode with
1:02.8	Dorneau Porter. Dorne has actually come in this podcast three times now, but this is a replay
1:08.3	of the latest conversation we had in 2019 about her brilliant novel, So Lucky. She is the author
1:15.0	of six books, including the award-winning YA books, paper airplanes, and Goose. And her first novel,
1:21.1	The Cows, was a Sunday Times bestseller, and her latest book, So Lucky, is also a Sunday Times
1:26.4	bestseller, and was also selected as part of the Richton Judy book club. The novel is about three
1:31.5	women and about how life isn't really as perfect as it looks. Ruby is feeling like she's
1:36.0	failing as a mother, Beth is in a sexless marriage, and online influencer Lauren is not telling
1:41.2	the truth on Instagram. We talk about writing fiction, finding inspiration, and the power of saying
1:47.6	no, and quitting something that's not working. I also wanted to take this opportunity to mention
1:52.8	that since this interview, Dorne has launched a Patreon page where she shares her writing,
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