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. . ." [My advice] for young writers [is] to understand that good writing is about getting across what they're trying to say. So often when people teach writing to young writers, they focus on what the buzz words are of good writing. Detail. Scene. Setting. Descriptions. Adjectives. And often times they forget that writing is, in essence, about communication. And I think that that is a hallmark of all the writing I love. It communicates a point or an idea."
A selected list of his writing:
- Wings (Scholastic, 2000)
- Black Cat (Scholastic, 1999)
- Fly! (Jump Sun, 2001)
A selected list of books he illustrated:
- Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers (Holiday House, 2003)
- Harlem: A Poem by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic, 1997)
- Monster (HarperCollins, 2001)
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