Take it right from the mouths and minds of some of the best writers of fiction today!

Explore the links below to listen and learn about why and how to write really good fiction. Be sure you take notes and document some ideas and techniques that you want to use when you write.

Check out these video interviews of your favorite authors  (listed alphabetically) at Reading Rockets click here

Click here for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon author Grace Lin’s TedTalk about books as windows and mirrors.

Kwame Alexander interview from Reading Rockets… Check out the segment on doing research for writing fiction – click here.

Katherine Applegate interview on Reading Rockets – click here.
Hear her speak about writing The One and Only Ivan.

R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder, talks about her inspiration and writing process in these NPR interviews – click here and here

Tim Green interview at Kids Scoop News – click here

Kate DiCamillo interview on Reading Rockets – click here.

Jacqueline Woodson interview on Reading Rockets – click here.

Margaret Petersen Haddix interview from Reading Rockets… Check out the segment on doing research for writing fiction click here

Click on the author’s name below to read or listen to interviews at AuthorHour.com:
Tony Abbott   Kate DiCamillo    Bruce Coville    John Flanagan    Christopher Paolini    

Michael Northrop a Sports Illustrated Kids writer, talks about his latest book called Plunked, about a 12-year-old baseball player named Jack Mogens — and his life both on and off the field. Click here for this NPR interview

Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series answers kid-reader’s questions in a NPR interview – click here

Ray Bradbury’s tips for young authors click here

Amar’e Stoudemire — the captain of the New York Knicks, a six-time NBA All-Star and a man who can definitely dunk a basketball talks about writing for middle school readers and his series called STAT in this NPR interview – click here

Looking at Writer’s Craft

We’ve read many short stories over the past few weeks, and now you will work on writing your own. First though, we should have a closer look at how the writers were able to create such good stories.

Please post a comment… Identify a writer’s technique that you really liked from one of the stories we’ve read that you will try to do when writing your own short story. Make sure you name the story title and author and be specific about the writer’s craft. If you can, pull the line/s from the story so we can see how it’s done.