Creating great characters
Characters are a key part of any story. Novelist Alan Gratz shared some tips for how he created the characters in his book Refugee. He looked for pictures to get an idea of what his characters looked like. Then he…
Need ideas? Try fairy tales
You’ve probably heard the stories of Cinderella and Rapunzel. You may even know that they come from a collection of stories by the Brothers Grimm. But did you know that the Grimm brothers didn’t actually come up with these stories?…