Interview wth Paula Morrow | Writing for Children 212

INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR PAULA MORROW

Although Paula Morrow has written more than 70 books and hundreds of magazine pieces (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), she considers her main talent to be editing. Paula honed her skill editing for fifteen years with Cricket Magazine Group and Cricket Books, then with several book, magazine, and educational publishers. Most recently she edited at Highlights. Paula is the judge for the ICL Nonfiction STEAM Article contest.

We talk about:

• What STEAM is, why it's important, and how it differs from other nonfiction writing.
• What she will be looking for in ICL STEAM contest entries
• What is structure
• How structure differs between genres, between books and magazine stories, and between age levels
• Why a writer should never use more than one exclamation mark at a time
• An editor’s pet peeves
• Good examples and/or good sources
• And lots more!