I’m not one for battles with characters dying off right and left. I don’t get that series and had to ask Capability:Mom what was up with the popularity of that series? When my daughter forced me to read aloud with her, I finally protested and had to switch books. She and our mother’s helper shared their cache of Warriors books - the really popular chapter book fantasy adventure series about anthropomorphic feral cats. My daughter loves fantasy which is not my favorite genre. (At the same age, Nancy had banged out a draft of this fantasy chapter book and was sending it into publishers!). My 10-year-old, nearly 11-year-old brought home this book for me to blog on. In the case of Nancy Yi Fan, it’s clear she was born with a special gift. Maybe that is not so different from star athletes that shine at a young age?! As I meet children’s book authors and hear their stories, one thing is clear: they all wrote exceptionally well as children. I suspect that stories pour out of their minds in an endless gush that they have a physical craving to put pen to paper (or type on a keyboard, as it were) and that they spend every waking moment thinking about things like setting, plot, and character. Are authors born or can that storytelling gift be developed? I’m starting to think more and more that authors are born.
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