Meet the Author, Fairfax Network, Fairfax County Public Schools
17 episodes
1 month ago
Meet the Author gives students direct access to authors who share their personal stories, offer writing tips, and encourage students to “keep reading, keep writing, keep dreaming.” During the live webcasts, authors describe their writing process, character development, and ways to build a plot. Students ask questions and authors respond with inspiring and lively commentary. Nominated for several Emmy Awards & winner of numerous Telly Awards, Meet the Author brings the process of reading and writing to life. The goal of each webcast is to motivate students to read new books, write their own stories, and find and establish their place in a reading and writing world.
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Meet the Author gives students direct access to authors who share their personal stories, offer writing tips, and encourage students to “keep reading, keep writing, keep dreaming.” During the live webcasts, authors describe their writing process, character development, and ways to build a plot. Students ask questions and authors respond with inspiring and lively commentary. Nominated for several Emmy Awards & winner of numerous Telly Awards, Meet the Author brings the process of reading and writing to life. The goal of each webcast is to motivate students to read new books, write their own stories, and find and establish their place in a reading and writing world.
With over 30 novels in print, John Grisham’s top selling books include "The Firm," "A Time to Kill," "The Runaway Jury," and "The Pelican Brief." Now, Grisham is creating a court room drama series for middle school readers featuring Theodore Boone, a savvy 13-year-old, who knows a lot about the law. The "Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer" series finds the amateur attorney battling injustice with critical thinking, solid research, and deductive reasoning. During this webcast, John Grisham will discuss how he develops plots and how he enlivens storybook characters.
Originally recorded on 9/30/15
Meet the Author
Meet the Author gives students direct access to authors who share their personal stories, offer writing tips, and encourage students to “keep reading, keep writing, keep dreaming.” During the live webcasts, authors describe their writing process, character development, and ways to build a plot. Students ask questions and authors respond with inspiring and lively commentary. Nominated for several Emmy Awards & winner of numerous Telly Awards, Meet the Author brings the process of reading and writing to life. The goal of each webcast is to motivate students to read new books, write their own stories, and find and establish their place in a reading and writing world.
