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<p><span>Téa Obreht is a short story writer and novelist. Her debut novel, </span><em>The Tiger’s Wife</em><span>, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, and was a 2011 National Book Award finalist and an international bestseller. </span></p><p><span>In our conversation, we focused on revision and character consciousness. Téa talked to us about the difficulty of the idea-generation stage of writing, how to cultivate layered characters, and how she writes event-first. You can learn more about Téa Obreht </span><a href="http://www.teaobreht.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a><span>. </span></p><p><strong>Thing of the Week from Téa: </strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/" rel="nofollow">Deadwood</a><span> (TV Show)</span></p><p><strong>Homework from Téa: </strong><span>Write an opening paragraph (roughly 3-6 lines). It could be something new, or an opener that you had already written. The paragraph should introduce some key pieces of information to your readers. Consider the in...