The Writing Life

Authors discuss the writing process.

The following authors share their creative writing process on the Fairfax Network YouTube Channel .

Brandon Mull: Writing Fantasies

Brian Floca: Font Sizes

Carla Killough McClafferty: Research and Writing

Carmen Agra Deedy: Research

Eoin Colfer: Start Working

Ingrid Law: "Gear Up" Gloves

John Grisham: Creating Characters

Julia Heckathorn: Inspiration

Kathryn Erskine: Writer's Block

Katy Kelly: Character Development

Kwame Alexander: Poems

Lisa Graff: Drafts and Revising

Marc Tyler Nobleman: Selecting an Illustrator

Neal Shusterman: Writer's Cliff

Rosalyn Schanzer: Inspiration

William Joyce: iPad App

Jason Reynolds: Character Development

John Grisham: Writing Books for Teens

Ruta Sepetys: Head-Hopping

Fred Bowen: Messy Notebooks

Alan Gratz: Writing for Middle Schoolers

James Ponti: Research Online

Shannon Messenger: Plot Twists

James Riley: Feedback

Cynthia Kadohata: Deciding the Topic

Rachel Renée Russell: Inspiration

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Shannon Messenger, November 30, 2018