Walter Dean Myers, born on August 12, 1937, was an American writer ofchildren's books. He was known for young adult literature (文学) He wrote more than 100 books, including picture books and non﹣fiction. "I care about writing for young people because Iremember how much I needed help and guidance at that time in my life, "Myerssaid in his book.
Myersloved writing. He got up at five o'clock every morning. He worked at home in asmall office that used to be his son's bedroom.
Myerswould first write an outline for every book. He calledthis prewriting.He imagined what the story would be and wrote down ideas in a notebook. To makesure there's enough action and dialogue for a good story, he thought of 30scenes. He wrote a short description of each scene in his notebook.
Healso cut out pictures of real people and put them on his office walls. Helooked at those pictures and came up with ideas. Once he knew what the storywould be and who the characters were, he began to write the book. He wrote fivepages a day on his computer.
Myersusually worked on three books at a time. When he was not prewriting or writinga book, he might be rewriting something he had already completed. Then he wouldsend the story to his agent (经纪人). He orshe made suggestions for the story. After these final changes were made, thebook was published and made its way to bookstores and libraries. By that time, Myerswould begin to write his next book. "I want to do the best that I can withmy writing." said Myers.
①writing ②making them be published ③prewriting
④making changes ⑤sending stories to the agent