Maxioms by Chris Allsburg
Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as read more
Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.
The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.
The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me.
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.
The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to read more
The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.
