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TheBridgertonauthor also reveals the secret behind a good sex scene.
I remember sitting there in my kitchen, thinking, What on Earth just happened?
Turns out, Rhimes had been hoping for the same thing.
So here you go, Quinn says.
[Readers] ask me something about, like, What happens with the character?
Im like, I dont know, Quinn explains.
I dont spend my life thinking about whats happening to these characters after the end of the book.
Otherwise, I move on.
Why did you choose to exclude them?
So much of that subplot had to do with Violet and Agathas friendship in the present timeline.
The romance between royal butlersBrimsleyand Reynolds that’s a first for theBridgertonbook world, right?
Ive had gay characters, but you havent seen a romance unfold like that.
That was something I needed to do a little research on.
I read a few more gay historical romances.
And then younever find outwhat happens to Reynolds.
I was hoping the book would answer that for me.
Did you ask Shonda about it?
I dont think she figured it out either.
Theres also some ambiguity surrounding theKings diagnosis, both in the book and show.
How did you go about writing Georges illness?
Do you have plans to revisit theBridgertonbook world again?
I dont have concrete plans.
I dont know [which series of mine] yet.
I cant say, especially since Ive read the scripts.
I really love the scripts.
Penelope is such an underdog by that, I mean the underdog whos also secretly running the world.
Finally, whats the secret to writing a good sex scene?
Thats the big difference between romance and erotica.
Im not saying that [the latter is] a bad thing.
It can be an incredibly well-written, wonderful thing, but theyre serving a different purpose.
When I write them, I always have my characters talking to each other a lot.
I feel like if you do nothing but description, it honestly gets a little boring.
This interview was edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onMay 12, 2023
