Jane Yolen article

Inspired · Aug 14, 2005

A VERY good article covering children's literature and writing:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8917828/site/newsweek/

JoeEkaitis · Aug 14, 2005

Amen, hallelujah, Sister Jane!

(Who, I'm certain, never screamed “Are you f***in’ ready?” like Madonna did before her Live 8 set, knowing children and their parents were in the audience and watching on TV.)

stormie · Aug 14, 2005

I just read the article. Yesss!!! Thanks for the link, Inspired. Now, back to work.

Christine N. · Aug 14, 2005

My son adores "How do dinosaurs say Good Night." LOL. Good article

Azure Skye · Aug 14, 2005

Great article. I appreciate her honesty.l

Inspired · Aug 14, 2005

Did you notice she mentioned BIC? Maybe someone can talk her into coming on here as an expert - Aunt Jane.

Stephanie · Aug 15, 2005

I thought her comment regarding testing your story on kids was astute:

Children may be a great audience, but if they really want your attention, they'll tell you what you want to hear. Besides saying "Yuck" and "I didn't like it" or "I loved it," their critical vocabulary is not up to what I need for rewriting a book.

Inspired · Aug 15, 2005

Too true. I recently had someone new join my critique group. She would not accept comments that didn't praise her story, because her grandson had loved it. It really had some major problems. "But, my grandson loves it!" She would not listen.

Jane Yolen article

Inspired

JoeEkaitis

Certified Gray Haired Geek

stormie

storm central

Christine N.

haz a shiny new book cover

Azure Skye

Huh?

Inspired

Stephanie

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