In some ways, it’s almost like its own character. The use of weather in this novel adds an incredible amount of tension. Q: Reading NO EXIT, I’m not sure which is worse – to be inside the rest stop with the kidnapper or outside in the snow. But she keeps learning and adapting, and by the time we get to a certain scene involving a certain door hinge, she’s grown to understand what she’s capable of, the cost, the odds… and she does it anyway. My goal was for Darby’s decision-making to evolve as she does – early on, for example, she makes the same errors that I might make in that scenario. Were there any times that your main character, Darby, surprised you? Or made you think to yourself ‘Not even I would do that…’Ī: I love underdog stories – especially ones where the protagonist understands they’re signing up for a losing battle, but they persist anyway because it’s the right thing to do. The main character isn’t particularly brave at first glance but she continuously makes choices that have the reader rooting for her success, proving her fearlessness, and asking themselves what they would do in her place.
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