[N. J. Walejko]

Hi, Gordon Korman!!

 

To start off, I've been a HUGE fan since I read "Restart" and "Ungifted" 4th grade. You made me into a reader, and I can never thank you enough for that!

I know you wrote "This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!" when you were in 7th grade. That's so cool and inspiring! I've been working on a novel of my own at 14 years old, and I'd love any advice you can give me!

 

Thanks!

A Future Awesome Author 🔥

[N. J. Walejko]

(P. S. I've recommended your books to so many of my friends, and we all love your writing so much!! Everything you write can bring a laugh out of even solid metal.)

Hi, N.J.,

Thanks for posting and for giving me credit for so much in your life! I appreciate the support, and I'm glad my books have been going over so well with you..

Writing "advice": Start by reading a lot, and writing a lot too -- short stories, letters, diaries, anything that helps you develop a feel for language. And try to develop a respect for and reliance on planning. You can't say anything properly unless you know exactly what you want to say. And you can't know that unless you plan it first. I never put down a single word unless my whole story is planned out. In fact, when I start the first chapter of a new book, I'm already writing TOWARD my climactic scene and ending. I don't say you have to do it that way, but that's what works for me.

Good luck! I hope to be writing you a fan letter one of these days!                             -----Gordon Korman-----

Please forgive me, Lucy. I've had to make it my policy not to read other people's work. I get so many requests that I would end up doing other people's work instead of my own.

I'm sure you know a lot of people who can give you the kind of report you seek. After all, it's up to a reader, not another writer to pass judgement on something someone else has written.

For what it's worth, I gave it a cursory glance, and it seems very profssionally done. Good luck!

                                                                                                                    -----Gordon Korman-----