If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.
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I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.Caroline B. Cooney
My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment.
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I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.
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People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
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So whether they're using Rollerblades or not doesn't really enter into the major question you're going to deal with in any book.
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I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.
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