Last week, my 4th graders Skyped
with Chris Rylander,
author of
The Fourth Stall series.
They loved this visit!
The students asked Chris questions.
1. Did you like writing when
you were in elementary school?
2. What made you want to be
an author?
3. What is your favorite part
of the writing process?
4. Have any of your ideas
been rejected?
5. What inspired you to write
the Fourth Stall?
6. How long does it take for
you to finish a book?
7. How did you develop the
characters in the Fourth Stall?
8. If you could be any one of
your characters, who would it be and why?
9. Which books inspired you
when you were a young reader?
All of which Chris answered in an entertaining
and thoughtful way.
I loved these two pieces of advice:
"If you want to be a writer. be a writer.
Start right now!"
"I am a writer because I am a reader."
The students also got answers to some of their questions about The Fourth Stall, such as how Chris came up with the baseball trivia questions between Mac and Vince and what purpose they served in the book.
My students left with some cool advice about writing and life:
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