![]() ![]() ![]() I lean heavily towards an economy of words-less is more-only not so much in a novel! I think the first draft was only 85 pages or so! Finding the emotion of it and the heart of it was a tough exercise. Cyclone was, by far, the most challenging thing I’ve done as a writer. I can spend a week looking a single sentence that is driving me crazy-trying to figure out what’s wrong with it! Or if I should scrap it altogether and start over. Every word is a decision and it’s so easy to throw off the cadence. They are all such different undertakings! Picture books are actually the hardest for me to write. Which age level do you find most challenging to write for? Most surprising? Q: You’ve written for children of all ages, from the middle grade novel, Cyclone, to picture books and The Chicken Squad chapter books. Introduce Doreen Cronin to your readers with this special Q&A ![]()
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