Sarah’s Smorgasbord
Sarah AllenHi! I’m Sarah, award-winning kidlit author. (And poet, rom-com lover, and cat snuzzler). The menu here is behind-the-writing scenes, expert interviews, and resources for classrooms and creatives. All leavened with Joy. Subscribe for 105 writing prompts!
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i need an outline no i don't yes i do
The Outline Pendulum
Which type of writer are you, you have probably been asked. A plotter or a pantser? Do you carefully map out each step along the way, and know which treat your characters are going to get from the gas station in ch...
What writers get wrong about Antarctica (and a chance to see for yourself!), with Greg Neri
From the Writing Desk:
It’s the time of year when a strong beam of light comes through the balcony glass door into the bedroom every morning, and it’s my girl kitty’s favorite thing in the whole world.
Want Meryl Streep to sing to you ab...
All My Middle Grade Author Friends Are Writing Other Things And I'm Not Mad
All My Middle Grade Author Friends Are Writing Other Things And I’m Not Mad
If you’ve dipped even the tippiest tip of a pinky toe into kid lit waters lately, or in the last few years, you know that the Middle Grade market is…well, let’...
30 people (and me) wrote a poem a day for a month. What did they learn?
From the Writing Desk:
Short and sweet today, yeah?
Last month was head down, nose in the work time. Take care of putting words down and life and other things and focus in time.
We’re half-way through my current adult WIP. I got to writ...
Pixar
Pixar
I think I might have a theory about why Pixar movies feel different lately.
But, to backtrack.
I saw Hoppers. Of course I did. I’ve seen every Pixar movie opening weekend since…I mean, since I had my own movie-going budget and...
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