“I write as a participant, to see what will happen.” Patricia MacLachlan
Many of the recent quotes which headline this blog have come from SCBWI‘s journal, Ideas and Images. I thought MacLachlan’s words were worth their own separate blog since she expresses my feelings as I write my first novel. Although I have a broad outline in my mind of the adventures Kate Dinsmore and Lillie Harris, my two main characters, will experience together–how their story will play itself out has yet to be determined. I have a feeling that these two girls will have a lot to say about their story – how it is written and how it will end.
For those of you who are either shopping for a last minute present for a friend who wants to write for children, or contemplating a new year’s resolution of your own–consider this journal or a year’s membership to the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. The journal is inspirational; the membership is a gift of encouragement and instruction.
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