Meg
asked
Francesca Zappia:
Hey, so I really love your book and have seen that you wrote some of it in high school and middle school. As a teenage writer, I am wondering how much/often you wrote, and do you have any tips on balancing writing with school? Thanks, and I can't wait for your new Eliza and Her Monsters book!
Francesca Zappia
My strategy was basically to never procrastinate my homework. If I had to do something for class, I did that first and got it done so that I could spend the rest of the night writing guilt-free. Not doing schoolwork had a much more immediate consequence than not writing, so that was priority. Then probably 90% of my free time--at home, between classes, even during class if I was done with all my other work--was spent writing or thinking about the story I was working on. It was really a case of wanting to do nothing else but write, and making sure I was able to continue to write meant getting all my other work done (which is still true now!).
I hope that helps!
I hope that helps!
More Answered Questions
Lynn
asked
Francesca Zappia:
Will you be writing more books? The last one I read was Now Entering Addamsville.
KatForsyth
asked
Francesca Zappia:
Hi Francesca, Is "Eliza and her Monsters" going to be coming out in paperback? Thanks!
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more