Maria Kalman describes her writing process as "a flow" that goes back and forth between writing words and drawing images. How would you describe your writing process? How do you move from ideas, to words, to the page? Do you ever use images or sketches to help your writing process along? Write a short descriptive essay to describe your writing process.
In the spirit of Kalman's Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, choose a serious issue or event that you think might be difficult to discuss with children. If you were to communicate this idea with children, how would you change your approach, your word choice, and your medium to get your message across? Would you create a book, a Web page, a short film? How would you appeal to both children and adults? What images could you use to help convey such a serious issue?
