![]() Over the years, I’ve spoken to thousands upon thousands of young readers, and at each stop, I hope that I’ve inspired a few of them to read more books and to write their own stories. Writing it down now, it feels like a simplistic answer and yet it still feels like the truest one. With a contentious election looming, a pandemic raging, and so much uncertainty in the air, I could tell kids were taking that on board. And yet I still felt that answer resonate. Zoom school visits have their disadvantages: I can’t hear murmurs or laughter, and body language can be hard to read. ![]() The real world can be a confusing and unpredictable place-it feels that way more than ever this year, doesn’t it?-but when I’m telling a story, I’m creating a world where I’m in control of everything, and it’s nice to escape to a place like that for a little while every day.” I pondered the pleasures of building something out of words.Īnd I said something like, “I like writing because I decide what happens. I thought about the feeling of peace and satisfaction that comes over me when I’m writing. I like writing because I decide what happens.īut I never answered that question in a way that satisfied me until a couple of weeks ago, when I dug deeper than I had before. I add that I loved to read and always dreamed of being an author on the shelf next to writers I admired. BOZEMAN WRITING CHALLENGE FOR KIDS PROFESSIONAL(They also show enduring interest in when I published my first book, how many books I’ve written, how long it takes to write a book, and which one is my favorite.)įor years I’ve answered the “why” question with generalities, saying, “I don’t know-I think I’ve always been a writer.” When I was five, I explain, I told a story to my father, who typed it up and made it look tantalizingly professional when I was in sixth grade, I wrote, drew, and assembled little hardcover books when I was in high school, I wrote a novella. ![]() As projects piled up and each month became busier than the last, I took many mental notes for that essay but I have yet to begin it.īut I am asked that question several times each week by kids during the Q&A part of my virtual school visits. addresses only, please.) I’ve Got the Whole World in My Hands-I’d Better Not Drop the BallĮarlier this year, I announced my intention to begin a deep, soul-searching essay probing this question. BOZEMAN WRITING CHALLENGE FOR KIDS FREESign up now and I’ll send you a free book or audiobook-while supplies last! (U.S. This is an excerpt from issue #10 of Graff Paper, my monthly newsletter. ![]()
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