PostSecret
A project where people anonymously mail in postcards revealing their secrets, shared on a blog and Instagram.
Where PostSecret comes up1 episode or test
- 1Sees the postcard2012 card showing the Twin Towers
- 2Calls dibsShe claims it as her seed
- 3Asks a what ifWhat would make someone disappear?
- 4Lets it percolateChanges one parameter, then waits
- 5Writes Hollow BonesThe postcard becomes a novel
From Jodi Picoult on PostSecret
What was said about PostSecret
A single PostSecret postcard gave Jodi Picoult the seed for a novel. A 2012 PostSecret postcard showed the Twin Towers with the line 'Everyone who knew me before 9/11 thinks that I'm dead.' Picoult called dibs on it and could not stop asking what would make someone disappear that way, and it became Hollow Bones.
Picoult starts each book with a what if drawn from a worry. She changes one parameter of a situation she sees or reads about and lets the idea percolate before writing. In her words: "it always starts with a what if. What would I do in that situation? What if this parameter changed?"
The Writing Habits Behind 50 Million Books Sold (Jodi Picoult Interview)
A 2012 postcard of the Twin Towers reading 'Everyone who knew me before 9/11 thinks that I'm dead' sparked Hollow Bones. Picoult called dibs and could not stop asking what would make someone disappear that way.
A single PostSecret postcard gave Jodi Picoult the seed for a novel. A 2012 PostSecret postcard showed the Twin Towers with the line 'Everyone who knew me before 9/11 thinks that I'm dead.' Picoult called dibs on it and could not stop asking what would make someone disappear that way, and it became Hollow Bones.
Picoult starts each book with a what if drawn from a worry. She changes one parameter of a situation she sees or reads about and lets the idea percolate before writing. In her words: "it always starts with a what if. What would I do in that situation? What if this parameter changed?"
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