Birthdays: James Boswell (1740), Kate Seredy (1899), Henry Greene (1905), Desmond Bagley (1923), Dominick Dunne (1925), Lee Child (1954), Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958), David Remnick (1958), Gerald Morris (1963), Liesel Schwarz (1974)
Kate Seredy won both the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. She is best known for her children’s book “The White Stag”
David Remnick won a 1994 Pulitzer Prize for “Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire”
Quote: “I’m sick of being asked to weep for killers. We’ve lost our sense of outrage.” – Dominick Dunne
“Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.” – Ann-Marie MacDonald
Tip: Not every writer writes in a linear fashion. Some write individual scenes out of order, then put them together later. Figure out what works for you.
Jumpstart: “I hope you can hold your breath for a very long time.” (Why? What’s happening here?)
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