"I have often wondered in four decades of writing how it is that time and again my stories seem to gather themselves, write themselves almost (the best ones really seem to), cover the empty pages almost effortlessly - once I get going, that is. Each one is, I believe, the result of forces of a creative fusion, a fusion that simply can't happen unless certain elements are in place [...]
The last and most important element in the alchemy that produces this creative fusion is the sheer love of doing it, of seeing if you can make magic from an empty page and a pen. The truth is that it is not a trick. It is an art and a craft and a marvellous magic, and I long with every story to understand it better and to do it better too."
Michael Morpurgo, Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew: A Storymaker's Journey.
My kind of book, so off to the library later where, fingers crossed a copy is in.
Posted by: Fran H-B | 10 March 2017 at 09:12 AM