When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
Judy BlumeRead
I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Writers for children often revisit their own childhood experiences to create relatable stories.
Judy Blume emphasizes the unique ability of children's writers to tap into their personal childhood memories and insights. This connection allows them to create stories that resonate deeply with young readers, as they reflect the innocence and wonder of childhood through a more mature lens.
Themes
WritingChildrenMemoryStoriesCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
A motivational speech at a children's writer conference.
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What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.
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Concentrate on how good if feels to be alive. No matter what. Just to see the color of the sky, just to smell the air, and feel the wind in your face
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I wrote 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' right out of my own experiences and my own feelings when I was in sixth grade.
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Nobody ever asks me why my characters don't text each other. Besides, as soon as you put something 'electronic' in a book, it's already out of date by the time it's published: everything will have changed. Human emotion, on the other hand, will never change.
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