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"We&amp;#x27;re loving Allison Winn Scotch&amp;#x27;s new novel, The Theory of Opposites, which is all about the meant-to-bes in life (or lack thereof) and has already scored a mega movie deal with Jennifer Garner&amp;#x27;s Vandalia Films. Lucky for us, we got to chat with her about her new book, latest reads, and where all that inspiration comes from. The Theory of Opposites explores the notion of fate and meant-to-be&amp;amp;#8212;as in, does everything happen for a reason and what level of control do we have over our own lives? Allison Winn Scotch: I think I started writing it because we all have those moments where we realize how easily our lives could be so different&amp;amp;#8212;for better or for worse. I met my husband at a gym in NYC! What if I&amp;#x27;d joined a different gym? What if I hadn&amp;#x27;t worked out in the afternoons? These questions are endless. For parents, it&amp;#x27;s what if we, well, hadn&amp;#x27;t had sex that night? Would we have a totally different kid? You can play that game forever. So I guess I played it a bit in the book. My heroine, Willa, has grown up believing that everything is &amp;quot;meant to be,&amp;quot; but when things start falling apart for her, she has to figure out how to take back a bit of her power, how to reclaim her own life. I think we&amp;#x27;ve all been there, and it&amp;#x27;s not always easy&amp;amp;#8212;getting from point A to B. What are your top three unexpected sources of inspiration? AWS: Facebook because I like psycho-analyzing the way that people make their lives shiny and happy and unlike their true day-to-day; my friends who are moms because I like to lean in and listen to what is going on emotionally and psychologically with women our age; books and authors outside my genre because I like to take inspiration from people who do things that I could never do. Describe three things you have on your person or on your desk while you work. AWS: Orbit Bubblemint gum (can&amp;#x27;t write without it), a glass of room-temperature water, yoga pants (but on my person, not on my desk, as that would be really weird!). If you could put your book into the hands of three people (living or dead), who would they be? AWS: My late maternal spitfire of a grandmother, Dottie Winn, who would really enjoy the saucy language; Nora Ephron because she paved the way for writers like me; Jennifer Garner&amp;amp;#8212;oh wait, she already has it because she&amp;#x27;s producing the movie! What were the last three books you read? AWS: The Husband&amp;#x27;s Secret (great); Unbroken (incredible); Me Before You (halfway done and compulsively good). I&amp;#x27;ve been on a hot streak of fantastic books these days. What three words best describe your book? AWS: Irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, thought-provoking&amp;amp;#133;hopefully. (That&amp;#x27;s four words, sorry.) Where do you fall on the meant-to-be/stars align/all of the above scale? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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