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S Is for Story by Esther Hershenhorn7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve spent the past year visiting schools, often helping students create their own meaningful alphabet books – about their classrooms, their schools, their families, their lives. I’m forever grateful for the M word they gave me. ![]() What words would they need to find? Maybe plot, character and revision.įortunately, I had the help of fifth graders at the Louisa May Alcott School in Lincoln Park in my hometown of Chicago, where I’m sometimes known as The Author Lady. What words would they want to find? Maybe journal and notebook. What words would they expect to find in my book? Maybe alphabet and book, for starters. The possibilities were endless.įirst and foremost, though, like all writers, I had to think about my readers. The purpose was offering Young Writers an A-to-Z journey through a writer’s process and life.Ĭhoosing my book’s twenty-six words took time and thought. I had great fun creating my newest book, S is for Story: A Writer’s Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press, ’09) – especially once I focused on my book’s purpose. ![]() Guest post by Esther Hershenhorn, author of S is for Story in our summer artist’s date series. ![]()
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