Claire Rosemary Jane | Joan Aiken | Philip Ardagh | Val Biro |
Malorie Blackman | Quentin Blake | Mark Burgess | David Clayton |
Helen Cresswell | Peter Dickinson | Berlie Doherty | Anne Fine | Kes Gray |
Pat Hutchins |Robert Leeson | Jonathon Long | Jan Mark | Alan Macdonald |
Roger McGough | Barbara Mitchelhill | Tony Mitton | Miriam Moss | Hiawyn Oram Philip Pullman | Hilary Robinson | Ragnhild Scamell | Nick Sharratt |
Jeremy Strong | Rhian Tracey | Chris White | Gwyneth Williamson | Jacqueline Wilson

(Please note that the authors have contributed their comments but are not able to answer questions from readers unless they specifically say so below.)

Alan Macdonald

Write stories - the more you write the better you get.

Show your writing to someone whose opinion you respect (teacher, aunt, librarian).

It's important to go back and redraft - the first go doesn't always work. Get something down and then make time for the second stage, to redraft.

It can be disruptive to edit as you go along, so a word-processor is good to get all your ideas in one go and then go back and edit it.

I like to see it on paper, so I print it out to read, and then redraft.

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