The Yarn: Writing from Memory with Kelly Barnhill

My god, I was a weird kid.
– Kelly Barnhill
In the latest episode of The Yarn, Kelly Barnhill talks about her book The Witch’s Boy.
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Her process (she writes longhand, puts that notebook in another room, and writes from memory) is unlike anything I’ve heard before (that begins at the 3:25 mark).

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Here’s the episode:
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/21-kelly-barnhill-the-witchs-boy-unraveled/s-yVER7
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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