Martin & Orloff - Official Trailer

“The first thing I learned [from my mother] about storytelling is that it’s just damn hard work, no matter how talented people are or not." 

I loved hearing Lawrence Blume, Judy Blume’s son, say these words. Blume was one of my first literary heroes, and I was one of the fan girls super exited when I saw Tiger Eyes was being made into a film.  It was one of the first books I remember reading that completely drew me into another person’s experience, and it taught me that descriptions of place and plot twists are nothing without exploration of a character’s inner landscape.