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Pia Wurtzbach shares process of writing her first book

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach is all smiles during the launch of her first book, " Queen="" of="" the="" Karen="" Flores="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/09/16/pia-09162023.jpg"/><figcaption>Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach is all smiles during the launch of her first book, &quot;Queen of the Universe.&quot;<em> Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA -- &quot;I see it as a little tree.&quot;</p><p>This is how Pia Wurtzbach described the process of writing her first novel, &quot;Queen of the Universe,&quot; which she launched at the Manila International Book Fair in Pasay City on Thursday. </p><p>According to the former Miss Universe, she first wrote the main concept for her book on the plane. &quot;Kasi wala kang ginagawa sa eroplano, nakaupo ka lang eh. So you have a few drinks and you get creative,&quot; she said in jest.</p><p>&quot;So I wrote it down in my notebook, &#x27;yung concept pa lang ng story, and then more in-depth on what happens to her and the characters around her, and how it all connects to each other,&quot; Wurtzbach continued. </p><p>&quot;Parang I see it as a little tree -- so I have the truck and then I just need to figure out &#x27;yung mga sanga niya, &#x27;yung mga branches, that they all make sense.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kjNBK3SGMpQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Wurtzbach also spoke of having a &quot;sounding board&quot; while coming up with ideas for a book, acknowledging that she is more used to telling stories and short-form writing. </p><p>&quot;Kapag may spark, ay bongga sulat natin &#x27;yan. [O kaya kapag] parang &#x27;di nag-work, burahin natin &#x27;yung character na &#x27;to,&quot; she said. &quot;So there were a few edits here and there, characters taken out, characters being put in.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Queen of the Universe&quot; is published by Tuttle, with ABS-CBN Books as Wurtzbach&#x27;s literary agent. </p>