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What inspires you to write

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Author Lili Wilkinson
What inspires you to write

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  3–4, 5–6


If you love to write, have you wondered why?

Reflect on some reasons why you (or anyone else) might love writing, then watch Lili Wilkinson describe why she loves to write.

How important is curiosity to her?

How is that curiosity linked to empathy and why is that important to being a good writer?


Acknowledgements

With thanks to Melbourne Writers Festival and Centre for Youth Literature.


Production Date: 2016


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