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Sarah Wang — New Skin: A Mother-Daughter Story of Plastic Surgery's Dark Side

Sarah Wang — New Skin: A Mother-Daughter Story of Plastic Surgery's Dark Side

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Named one of Apple's Best Books of May, debut novelist Sarah Wang joins Sparkle On to discuss her novel New Skin — a visceral exploration of plastic surgery addiction, immigrant identity, and an intense mother-daughter relationship set in Los Angeles. Sarah reveals how she spent over a decade crafting a story that uses the world of reality TV and botched plastic surgery as a lens to examine class and debt in America. Sarah shares her process of rewriting entire subplots even after selling the book, from navigating rejection with determination to knowing when to protect the beating heart of a story while staying open to critique. She proves that you only need one yes, and that the stories we're most obsessed with are the ones worth telling. Read New Skin: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sarah-wang/new-skin/9780316607704/?lens=little-brown Follow Sarah Wang: https://www.instagram.com/daikonoclast/ Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:01:10 LA, Plastic Surgery, and the Spark for New Skin 00:02:50 Not a Cautionary Tale: Addiction, Class, and Debt in America 00:04:46 The Ten-Year Journey and Internal Pressure 00:06:47 Plot Building Through Revision and Rewriting 00:08:21 The Power of Community and Workshopping 00:13:39 Writing Is Not Therapy: Universal Truths in New Skin 00:16:46 Crafting Dialogue and Character Through Revision 00:18:02 Research, Reality TV, and Avoiding Replication 00:22:56 COVID, Scapegoating, and Game Theory on Reality TV 00:26:35 Writing From What Keeps You Up at Night 00:28:12 Letting Go and Embracing Reader Interpretations 00:29:52 Determination, Rejection, and Only Needing One Yes 00:31:36 Holding Onto the Core and What's Next
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