Writing about a water shortage is handy for a writer like me who loves, when reading, to be swept away in plot but whose characters seem to prefer to sit in one place. Thirst gives the characters something to want, which gives them something to do. It’s the body’s own rising action.
In an interview with Travel and Leisure, author Claire Vaye Watkins talks about her new novel, Gold Fame Citrus; the water crisis in the West; and place and plot.
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