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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() When I’m referencing Harry Potter and other Chosen Ones in Carry On, I’m doing it very intentionally. That’s partly what I wanted to write about – the way Chosen One stories tread familiar ground. I knew all along that some themes would overlap. Life-sized.īecause the Simon Snow series takes a lot of inspiration from the Harry Potter novels, were you ever worried with Carry On that the series would overlap in themes? That you would inadvertently lift ideas? Their hopes and worries are very mundane. Even though this is a fantasy, the characters act like they’re in a realistic novel. You know, I just wrote them the way I do my other characters. ![]() In the World of Mages, where there’s a fantastical element to so much, how did you ground the characters? ![]() ![]() Your books are very character-driven and I think that is largely why they are so adored. I wanted to make that relationship canon. I especially wanted to write them falling in love. I’d written Simon and Baz through other characters in Fangirl – Cath and Gemma –and I really wanted to take a crack at their story. He just makes me laugh.) But – and this might sound strange – I hadn’t gotten to write them as myself. Also, I’d gotten a taste of their voices. ![]()
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