Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Some writers have a hard time meeting their daily quota. Not Walter Dean Myers—he restricted himself to just five pages a day of new writing. And he was often finished by 10:00AM. (Source.)
Myers wrote a book, Kick, with a thirteen-year-old boy who wrote him a fan letter. (Source.)
The author often asked his wife and son, who are visual artists, to read his drafts and tell him where he needed to add more descriptive details. (Source.)
Walter Dean Myers dropped out of high school and joined the army the day he turned seventeen. (Source.)
The author was over six feet tall by the time he went to middle school. And yes, he played basketball. (Source.)