Creating Depth From Within: An Interview with Suzanne Woods Fisher

WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz · Mar 14, 2019 · 1h 4m

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Suzanne Woods Fisher is back with us again! In October 2018, she spoke about strong Quaker women, and today we're talking about the Amish. Suzanne's interest in the Amish comes partly through her grandfather, who was raised Plain. There is an appeal to simplifying your life, but there's more to our fascination than that.

To capture the real essence of her characters, Suzanne tries to reflect the real people she's met. That's one reason she doesn't write the combination of Penn Dutch and English dialogue. She personally doesn't know any real people who talk like that. She also…