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Sandra L. Rostirolla

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Born

Sydney, Australia

Website

http://www.SLRostirolla.com/

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Genre

Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien
Jane Austin
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES:
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023
Ingramspark Best Selling YA Fiction
Booklife Editor's Pick
Good Housekeeping Bookclub Pick
Author Academy Award
Dante Rossetti Award
Literary Classics Award
Eric Hoffer Award - Finalist
The Wishing Shelf Award - Finalist
Booklife Prize - Semifinalist
Readers Favorite - Five Stars

Born in Sydney, Australia, Sandra's talents as a lyricist led her to her now husband, composer Kurt Oldman, who co-wrote and produced her CD, THYME. Realizing that writing, rather than singing, was her passion, Sandra began writing screenplays, making the quarterfinals of the American Screenwriters Association Screenwriting Competition, top 200 of Page International, and top fifteen percent of the Nicholl Fellowship.

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Writing A Trilogy - Story Arc

I was interviewed today and a question came up about the difference between a story arc in a limited book series versus a feature film, and it got me thinking just how difficult Book 2 of a serialized Trilogy can be. I use the word "serialized" as an ongoing story is either serial or episodic.

Serialized storytelling usually involves an overarching plot that does not resolve until the end of the s Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 02, 2022 14:43 • Tags: a-song-of-fire-and-ice, george-rr-martin, story-arc, the-cecilia-series, the-last-croilar-tier, trilogy, writing-a-series, writing-craft, ya-books

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“Fact #2 about Monsters: If we let them get too hungry, they can swallow us whole.”
― Sandra L. Rostirolla, Making Friends With Monsters

tags: feeding-the-beast, hungry, hungry-monster, monster, monster-rules, monster-theory, monstrosity

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“I realize now, Monsters don't have to swallow you whole in order to win. All they have to do is get you to where you stop fighting them, then they can consume you by becoming you.”
― Sandra L. Rostirolla, Making Friends With Monsters

tags: depression, mental-health

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“I proly should be like Abby and give up my spot on the nice list for some greater good, but I’ve been down that road before, and I have to say, it sucks.”
― Sandra L. Rostirolla, Making Friends With Monsters

tags: greater-good, road, self-sacrifice

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