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The Crucial Moment:When an Idea Becomes a Story
An exclusive Authorlink interview
with Kim Edwards, Author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter( Penguin, 2006)
by Ellen Birkett Morris
September 2006
“All stories feel a little bit like gifts. I don't choose stories as much as they choose me. Certain ideas, overheard snatches of dialogue, or images, linger and deepen over time, and eventually demand to be told. The crucial moment, the moment when an idea starts to become a story, is when I find the voice for the narrative," said author Kim Edwards. For Edwards THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER was one of those stories. Full story. . .
Beethoven's Five Legless Pianos
Inspire Winter's Wacky Kids' Book
An Exclusive Authorlink Interview
With Jonah Winter, author of 39 Apartments
(Schwartz & Wade/Random House)
by Susan Van Hecke
September 2006
Illuminating the triumphs and tragedies of famous people is challenging enough within the 100-some pages of a typical biography. Distilling the essence of a person in 32 well-told pages that hold a child ’ s interest is another thing entirely.
With the success of 1991 ’ s Diego (Knopf), his vivid profile of artist Diego Rivera, Jonah Winter discovered his talent for penning the picture book biography. Illustrated by Jonah ’ s mother, Jeanette Winter, Diego was a Reading . . . Full story . . .
EDITORS, CLOSE UP
September 2006
An Exclusive InterviewWith Kathy Dawson
Associate Editorial Director Harcourt Children’s Books
By Lesley Williams
AUTHORLINK: How did you first become involved in publishing?
DAWSON: I never had any question that publishing was the arena for me, having grown up loving books, writing bad poetry (my favorite was about a pizza guy), and being fascinated by the way words worked. When I began my job search, my boyfriend at the time was going to journalism school with the daughter of the publisher of Philomel Books, Patricia Lee Gauch. I passed my resume on to Patricia’s daughter, who passed it to Patricia, who ‘passed it to the managing editor of G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, who called me for an interview. Full story. . .
SKILL BUILDING
The Art of Fiction
The Heart of the Matterby
Lisa Lenard-Cook
September 2006
One of the things I discover quite often when I read others’ works-in-progress is that the heart of the matter is in the wrong place. Based on what we know about story arcs and plot trajectories, we writers like to believe that the biggest thing in a fiction—its heart, in other words—must always occur at its climax. Full story. . .
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On Screen Writing
Three-Act Structure of Films
A monthly screen writing column
by Neil Flowers
August/September 2006
NOTE: Neil Flowers is on location in Santa Cruz, CA, working as an assistant director on a feature film, BLUR, written and directed by John Kim. His column will resume next month with the October 1, 2006 edition. Meanwhile, check out his previous column.
We have been examining the three-act structure of feature films. Some of my students find it hard to believe that—structurally speaking—they watch the same film over and over again whether the film is a Western, a comedy, or and action-adventure. Some even complain that knowing this ruins film-watching for them! The good news is that endless variations can be played on feature structure . . . Full story. . .
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