by Elizabeth | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a psychic shift that happens for me when I am on deadline. Now I am not making (writing or editing) my project into the best project I could ever do, the best story I could ever write, the best sentences I could ever create. Now I am making my project the...
by Elizabeth | Feb 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Every Sunday, The New York Times arrives in our front yard in Sebastopol. We read it all week long. Five-year-olds do not allow for leisurely Sunday mornings, but the pleasure spreads out well over the course of seven days. Little snatches of Sunday morning. So it is...
by Elizabeth | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
1) Tell a story to children. Watch their eyes. Try to thrill them. Try to scare them. Try to reel them in. (Imaginary children are fine, too, if they are as bright and impatient with falsity and curious as real ones. They can sit still for longer.) 2) Read aloud only...
by Elizabeth | Feb 5, 2013 | Featured
A pitch is the answer to the question, of your book, what is it about? 1) First try just answering this. Set a timer for three minutes and write down every answer you can think of to this question: What is it about? 2) Now underline any phrase or verbs or any part of...
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