“I first wrote the last sentence of the book and built the story backward [...] Until almost the middle of the book, I found it difficult to continue toward connecting to the last sentence. As an experiment, I gave my main character the name Vivi. To my surprise, once Vivi appeared, [she] took over the telling of the story in her own voice and led the way to the book as it is now.” -Jade Moon Le
This is a snippet from my Writer’s Digest article. If you’re interested in understanding my writing process, what I learned while writing Invisible Orphans, and what I hope readers will gain from reading the book, click the link in my Stories to read the full article.
https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/jade-moon-le-on-writing-a-new-kind-of-coming-of-age-novel