Author: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Many authors write their first ideas by hand in a notebook before they ever type a single page.
Through history
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Long ago
Long before printing, people wrote whole books by hand, one careful letter at a time, copying them again and again.
Tools of the trade
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Laptop
An author uses a laptop to type the story, move sentences around, and fix mistakes easily.
A day in the job
- 9:00 AMThe author makes a cup of tea, opens the notebook, and thinks about what the characters will do next.
Words to know
- Editor
- A helper who reads the author's pages and gives ideas to make the book even better.
Quiz time
Authors can only write books about real life.
A book can teach you how volcanoes work.