Reported by Brenda Winter Hansen After Deborah Wiles fantastic keynote Saturday morning, her breakout session, Understanding Revision, was packed to standing room only. Deborah began by crowd sourcing with the question, What is revision? She encouraged us to re-examine our process every time and to pay particular attention to reading like a writer to aid... Continue Reading →
Deborah Wiles Keynote #scbwiwwa
Reported by Allyson Valentine Schrier: In her opening remarks at the SCBWI WWA Book to the Future Conference, Deborah Wiles shared with her listeners that story comes from three places: What you know, What you feel and What you can imagine. Deborah, who is never without a notebook to record everything from grocery lists to... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Deborah Wiles
Happy Friday All! The pre-conference fun starts today! To add to the fun here's the last Faculty Q & A from our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference Faculty! Enjoy these answers from Keynote Speaker Deborah Wiles. Deborah will be our first keynote speaker on Saturday, and you can read her Conference Bio... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series: Keynote Speaker Deborah Wiles
It's time for another 2011 Conference Series post! I'd like to introduce one of our four fabulous keynote speakers Deborah Wiles. Deborah is the author of four MG novels, and two picture books; including her newest novel COUNTDOWN, book one of The Sixties Trilogy for Young Readers. Deborah has taught writing workshops to thousands of... Continue Reading →