How important is the imagination when writing for children?
Imagination is everything. Without it there could be no fiction. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing for children or adults. You still have to bring your characters to life through your imagination. And you have to imagine their story. My husband often tells me I have too much imagination. But you can’t have too much imagination as a writer. • Where does your inspiration come from? It comes from someplace deep inside. There’s a burning, a passion, that can only be satisfied by creative work. … I was always a storyteller. I just didn’t know it. I never shared the stories I made up inside my head when I was growing up. I never wrote them down either. But I can’t remember a time when they weren’t there. When I began to write, I was inspired by good books. I’d go to the library and bring home stacks of books, dividing them into piles boring vs. wonderful. What was it about the wonderful books? Well, they were certainly lively and fun to read. They had believable characters, interesting f
