Book · 2006 · Fiction
Sharp Objects
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It really was part of the reason I wrote Sharp Objects was to examine what violence looks like with women.
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- Examining female violence“examine what violence looks like with women”2
The best things said about it
You know, in Sharp Objects, Camille is a tortured character. You know, she's self harm. She's, you know, she's back in a bad place. And so she's making these decisions and then trying to undo them as she's trying to solve the mystery.
In Sharp Objects, and I will not do a spoiler thing, but the person who is the murderer in Sharp Objects, the book was not even a character in the first draft of Sharp Objects. Did not even exist.
And I remember when we were shopping around Sharp Objects and I had re written my first book and I had my first agent and I was like ready for bidding war and we got so many rejection letters.
I tried for so long to write Sharp Objects and that was I wanted to write about female violence and generational and cyclally and what that looked like.
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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn is a psychological thriller about a troubled reporter named Camille Preaker who returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls while battling severe self-destructive habits. On the How I Write podcast, Gillian Flynn discussed how she used the protagonist's struggles to explore themes of self-sabotage and the limited, often passive portrayals of female characters in fiction, film, and television. Flynn explained that she wanted to examine what violence actually looks like when committed by women. She recalled receiving numerous rejection letters due to publishing assumptions regarding how readers would react to an unlikable female protagonist. Flynn noted that a photograph of Livia, an infamous empress known for being diabolical, inspired her during the writing process. She described how staying connected to Camille's voice helped her inhabit the character while writing, even though the identity of the murderer was not decided until later drafts.
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Gillian Flynn You know, in Sharp Objects, Camille is a tortured character. You know, she's self harm. She's, you know, sh… 11
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“You know, in Sharp Objects, Camille is a tortured character. You know, she's self harm. She's, you know, she's back in a bad place. And so she's making these decisions and then trying to undo them as she's trying to solve the mystery.”
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“And I feel like it was really almost damaging to not be looking at that because in a way it leaves women with only this idea of seeing in film or TV or books female characters who are helpmates and female characters who are, you know, helping the husband out.”
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“So, it really was part of the reason I wrote Sharp Objects was to examine what violence looks like with women.”
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“And I remember when we were shopping around Sharp Objects and I had re written my first book and I had my first agent and I was like ready for bidding war and we got so many rejection letters”
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“I looked at that photo a lot while I was writing Sharp Objects. Yeah, I just I love it. It's called Livia for the Empress Lydia, who was notably diabolical.”
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“Like for instance, in Sharp Objects, and I I will not do a spoiler thing, but the person who is the murderer in Sharp Objects, the book was not even a character in the first draft of Sharp Objects. Did not even exist.”
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“Uh, and I the same with Camille and Sharp Objects. I knew I'd had Camille figured out when I was thinking about Camille was like I can't I mean I remember I was I was had a day job.”
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“But I would think about Camille. I would think about Camille. I would think about what I would tell her almost of different things and I would still even while all that madness was going on I was writing sharp objects because I felt I just had her I felt like I owed her almost”
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“My husband like absolutely hates the person. So sharp object he [laughter] is uh I think it was my sweater was new stinging red and ugly but let me see if I Yep. That's the one. That's the one. I got it.”
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“Oh man, best way such a great way to do character study for someone who doesn't know how to write a novel. Um, I tried for so long to write Sharp Objects and that was I wanted to write about female violence and generational and cyclally and what that looked like.”
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“Like would would someone have published Sharp Objects now? I don't know. I don't I don't know if they would have if they if they really were thinking that that belief were still in place”
Gilbert Cruz She also does a great job with Family Dynamics and another book that she has on her list, which is called S… 2
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“She also does a great job with Family Dynamics and another book that she has on her list, which is called Sharp Objects.”
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“Well, one of the other titles that falls into that trope is another Gillian Flynn book, Sharp Objects.”
Alexandra Alter and of course um another one that people are really excited about I don't know exactly when it's coming out… 1
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“and of course um another one that people are really excited about I don't know exactly when it's coming out how far long it is but Gillian Flynn's sharp objects is being adapted”
Sarah Lyall so for people who like that kind of thing like if you like Jillian Flynn's sharp objects I was just going t… 1
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“so for people who like that kind of thing like if you like Jillian Flynn's sharp objects I was just going to mention that one”