03 Nov 2017
Sydney Writers' Festival
Last Thursday was a great day! We went to Cabramatta Library, where we got to meet famous Australian children's authors.
First up, we met David Astle. He got us to make up words and create a definition. My word was ‘bloodies' which meant bleeding bodies. After recess, we heard from Lisa Nichol, who told us the seven rules of becoming a writer. My favourite rule was believe in yourself and inspiration comes from everywhere.
After lunch, Ursula Dubosarsky talked about how hard writing could be. She got us to write a segment of her book. The title of my story was ‘The Strange Adventures of Hannah Brown'. It was so much fun! After that, Karen Foxlee came to talk. She said that role play could help with thinking of ideas for writing. She got many of us to act as different characters. I had to be one of the monsters. Then we met Frank Carbone, the mayor of Fairfield.
It was an awesome day and I'm so glad I was chosen to go.
By: Isabella (5/6T)
