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Bracha Bart
Bracha Bart asked Lois Lowry:

I am an aspiring writer and I am experiencing writer's block with the book I am currently writing. What are your techniques to overcome writer's block?

Lois Lowry Stay in the chair, and at the computer, and if you don't feel like writing...write anyway
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Holly
Holly asked Lois Lowry:

Did you have the details of each of the societies portrayed in The Giver Quartet fleshed out before you began writing the four novels, or did you discover them as you went along?

Maggi Rohde
Maggi Rohde asked Lois Lowry:

I can think of many children's novels that have "aged" well, and are still popular with and relevant to children thirty, forty years later. Are there any of yours you think have or have not aged well?

Nicole Saice
Nicole Saice asked Lois Lowry:

Ms. Lowry, I teach fifth grade and every year my students are enthralled by your historical fiction novel "Number the Stsrs". They always want to know more about Anne Marie's story-why did she help her neighbors and risk her own life, and more importantly, what happened to both families during and after the war? Ever think about writing a sequel?

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