Writing Out of Unconditional Love with David Yoon

First Draft Episode #208: David Yoon

David Yoon, debut author of Frankly in Love, talks about how
writing a rom-com turned into writing about his greatest fears;
portraying aspirational male friendships; and working to be able
to write from a place of unconditional love.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode


The term “latchkey kid” refers to a child who returns from
school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home
with little parental supervision, because their parent or
parents are away at work.

David was reading Stephen King at an early age, as well as
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and Lady
Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence were some of the books
David read at an early age, at his dad’s behest

David is married to fellow YA author, Nicola Yoon, writer
of New York Times bestselling books Everything Everything and
The Sun is Also a Star (listen to her episode of First Draft
here)

BTS is the only Kpop David knows

The TV show VEEP can be mean-spirited, but it’s so good at
it that people still love it

David did the JET Program, the Japan Exchange and Teaching
Program, for three years after college

David and Nicola both attended Emerson college to get their
MFA

David was channeling Haruki Murakami (author
of Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore) in that
program, and Nicola was channeling Ann Beattie (author of
Chilly Scenes of Winter and Walks With Men)

David was in the Emerson MFA program with Gregg Rosenblum
author of the Revolution 19 series

I share my fav quote from Leigh Bardugo, New York Times
bestselling author of the books in the Grishaverse, including
the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the
King of Scars duology, as well as author of forthcoming adult
novel, Ninth House (listen to her episodes of First Draft here
and here)




 


The addictions of writers like Truman Capote and Gertrude
Stein are often romanticized. In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
tackles the masculine language of pain and suffering surrounding
art, dispelling the myth that writers need those things to be
creative



When David watched Frozen, he wanted to know what happened
with the parents



 


David’s favorite advice is from Margaret Atwood: “Read, read,
read. Write, write, write.” He adds: Go to therapy.

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