Monday, April 25, 2011

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?


Next week, we will meeting Steven Layne, author of many children's and young adult books.  Learn more about him here.  Below is an "on the spot" interview from a couple of years ago with Dr. Layne discussing some of his books. 


After learning a little about Steven Layne, take a moment to think about what it means to be an author.  This week you have two choices:

1) Post 3 questions that you would like to ask Dr. Layne (or to any author for that matter)

or

2)  Answer 1 of the following questions:
  • Is being an author a difficult or easy job?  Why?
  • If you became an author, what lessons would you try to put into your books?
  • Where do you think authors get their ideas for writing?
Posts are due by Friday, April 29.

14 comments:

Diego B. said...

If i were a author i would put that doing things to people could be wrong and and could be good.

~madelyne~ said...

yes it is hard because he is a writer

Anonymous said...

Where do u get your ideas for your book? Why do u write books? What are some of your favorite book the you have wrote?

I think the auther get there ideas form what they see or here or someting that has happened in there life or in other peoples lifes.

Tasia C,

Anonymous said...

I think that authers get their ideas from childhood expiriatsis.





Garrett J. Wimmer

tristan stanley said...

got any mystery chapter books?

what`s your next step into your writing?

what`s your priority in your books?


writers get there iseas from there lives because they feel what they didn`t learn from there childhood too teach us.that`s a great idea for writers because it`s experesing there feelings to other people to make better feelings.also i want to read your book LOst.

chance p said...

why do you write? did you ever get board witeing them?did you ever fell li8ke outing?

roxanne said...

I think being an auther is difficlt,because you have to wright alot also they would have to make up a story but it has to look good. And some people wright a 300 page or more.

sierra w. said...

being an auther is prouble hard because u have to do the drafs and write the hole book.

Anonymous said...

I think that the authur is having to hold interesting books
Quincy Blalark

Anonymous said...

i think it would be a hard job because you would get tired of writin so much and you would have to work hard and you would have to make sure it make sence and you would have to do it over and over and over again tills its right and then your would have to get it published and then you would ahve to have people buy it
~shelby renea!~

Anonymous said...

I think it is hard to be a author because you might not know what to say in the book. You might forget a line in the book.

Logan S.

Makayla Kurek said...

yes it is hard being an auther because you get headaches. get major annouince by every one hard work for that long.!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

how do you come up with these books ? why not any adult books ? why do you write childrens books and not adult books?

Anonymous said...

is writing fun?

does writing give you something to do?

Why do you write books?



Buddy Moore