Ep. 30: Character: Adib Khorram on Keeping Your Mental Filing Cabinet Full and Why NSYNC Transcends Backstreet Boys

Here are a few highlights from our conversation with the award-winning Adib Khorram:

• How his notes app has come to be bursting with character ideas and peoples' idiosyncrasies
• Impact of theater school on character-building
• Operating as a subconsciously-driven artist
• How his starting place for creating character differs from other authors
• Prioritization of character vs plot vs world building
• Revision as the time to sharpen or dull edges of character
• Why you may want to think twice before eating a D.C. taco from a gas station 

ADIB KHORRAM is the author of DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, as well as a multitude of other honors and accolades. His followup, DARIUS THE GREAT DESERVES BETTER, received three starred reviews, was an Indie Bestseller, and received a Stonewall Honor. His latest novel, KISS & TELL, received four starred reviews. His debut picture book, SEVEN SPECIAL SOMETHINGS: A NOWRUZ STORY was released in 2021. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where people don’t usually talk about themselves in the third person.

 

LINKS:

Website: www.adibkhorram.com

IG: Adib Khorram

First listen to Adib's overshare, then watch him white-knuckle (and crush) his speech at the FYE Conference in 2020