![]() ![]() Then around the fifth year, something clicked for each, and I could at last see my way forward. To do that, I spend years wandering through the story, writing page after page, trying things out and throwing them away. Writing The Song of Achilles took you 10 years from idea to final draft – how did the process for your second novel differ?īecause Patroclus and Circe are first person narrators, I need to be able to fully live inside their heads, hear how they would speak, see through their eyes, in order to write from their perspective. I had been following the Prize for years, because I always loved the books they chose to highlight-the fact that I am one of them now still staggers me. Winning the Women’s Prize in 2012 was a life-changing honor. How does it feel to be back in the running for the Women’s Prize for Fiction after winning in 2012 for your debut The Song of Achilles? ![]() ![]() ![]() Read on to find out about Madeline’s favourite women writers, the inspiration behind Circe and how it feels to be in the running for the Women’s Prize for Fiction again after Madeline won in 2012 for her debut The Song of Achilles. Madeline Miller has been shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction for Circe. ![]()
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