Please be sure to have all interviewees sign a consent form.

Use these possible interview questions and conversation starters (but feel free to see what develops).

• How does writing happen/develop?
  • Prompt: how do you write? What kind of process do you use when you write? Do you wait for inspiration? Doodle around? Make an outline?
• What do you write? Why do you write what you do?
  • Prompt: grocery lists? Emails? Prompt ‘in school’ and out of school if necessary…
• Does writing <one kind of thing> help you write <another kind of thing?> (<things> should/could be mentioned in responses to first two questions)
• When is writing hard? When is it easy?
• When is writing fun?
• What’s the best thing you’ve ever written?
• What’s the easiest thing you’ve ever written?
• What’s the worst (or most difficult?) thing you’ve ever written?
• What’s the hardest thing?
• Has any person helped you especially with writing? What did she or he do?
• Who reads the writing you do? What do your readers do for your writing?