Alice Kuipers's Blog: Book Club, page 57

rookiemag:There’s storybook magic in our hometown.Photos by...

rookiemag:

There’s storybook magic in our hometown.

Photos by Chrissie, words by Dylan. 

"I don’t feel like I go “into” my head to write. I feel like I channel the characters living inside..."

“I don’t feel like I go “into” my head to write. I feel like I channel the characters living inside me. So process is about clearing the way for them to talk and allow me to write their stories. My characters really are living, breathing, hurting, loving people to me, and putting them on the page always attracts the light that fights darkness. There’s all kinds of hope in that, and it’s something my readers are drawn to.”

- Ellen Hopkins

Coffee, quiet time, this is where ideas come to mind…

Coffee, quiet time, this is where ideas come to mind…

"More and more I think there’s an element of fiction writing that’s performative. If you want your..."

“More and more I think there’s an element of fiction writing that’s performative. If you want your stories to carry a particular charge of feeling, you have to experience that feeling while you’re working. I don’t know that you can fake it, or at least I don’t know that I’ve ever been able to fake it, because the choices you make when you’re writing—the rhythms you adopt, the phrases you construct, the effect one word has when it’s nestled alongside another—are so highly nuanced, and have so much to do with the ultimate emotional effect of a story, so that if you aren’t feeling along with your sentences, your instincts will gradually lead you astray.”

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The Rumpus Interview With Kevin Brockmeier

Love how he’s articulated this….

writeforkids Interview: Newbery Winner Kate DiCamillo on Writing From the Heart

writeforkids Interview: Newbery Winner Kate DiCamillo on Writing From the Heart:

Kate DiCamillo, the 2014 Newbery winner for Flora and Ulysses, gives her advice on writing for children.

Staircase I want to climb

Staircase I want to climb

5 yr old: Mummy?

Me: Yes, love.

5 yr old: How many words did you write today?

Me: Um, it’s six in the morning…

Am imagining sitting here - aren’t you?

Am imagining sitting here - aren’t you?

Come to this - scones, storytelling and serious fun…

Come to this - scones, storytelling and serious fun…

Feel like writing?

Feel like writing?