I always encourage finding and using your own voice. We do this at different stages of our lives when life throws us dilemmas but I wanted this to be the first big lesson in my character’s life, and also a surprising voice and character that could teach society a thing or two. She suddenly realizes she has to follow her own instincts, and her heart. I wanted to take Celestine from being that logical, obedient girl who thinks in black and white, and transform her into somebody who questions, who doubts, and who finds her own voice. Although we’re constantly learning about ourselves throughout our life, teenage years are the years when you first really start to question authority and society, and start figuring out how you really feel about things, instead of what you’re being told to feel. When I came up with the idea for Flawed and Perfect, I knew I wanted to tell the story from the perspective of a 17 year old. Flawed arrived in my mind, kicking and screaming, demanding to be heard and written. I knew that I had younger readers but I never plan what kind of stories I’m going to write, I just write whichever story comes to me in the strongest way, the story that keeps growing and growing and won’t leave my mind. I’m a big reader and fan of YA novels but I never had a specific plan to write a YA series. Her new book, Perfect has just been published. This week's guest blog is from bestselling Irish writer, Cecelia Ahern.
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