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Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INSPIRATION

As a child in West Virginia, Cynthia Rylant never dreamed of becoming a writer. In her free time, she devoured Archie comic books and paperback romances and enjoyed the outdoors. But after taking one college English class, she was, “hooked on great writing... I didn’t know about this part of me until I went to college-didn’t know I loved beautiful stories.” And one night, inspired by the Southern writer James Agee, she sat down and wrote When I Was Young in the Mountains. Named a Caldecott Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, it was an instant success.

Since that night, Rylant hasn’t stopped creating wonderful books. Her stories explore friendship, love, grief, and other mysteries, and often draw on her memories of growing up in Appalachia. “I get a lot of personal gratification thinking of those people who don’t get any attention in the world and making them really valuable in my fiction — making them absolutely shine with their beauty”(scholastic,2015).


ASK THE EXPERT-DR. WHITE

Dr. Kerry-Ann White educated at Howard University (BS ), University of Maryand(MBA), and NYU (MS in Computer Science) and PhD in Technology Management. Prior to returning to school for her doctorate she was a software engineer and now works as a Project Manager on government contract in the Washington DC metro area. She also teaches Project Management at Howard University and has also taught at Northern Virginia Community College and NYU. Dr. White loves to travel and hold several certifications in her fields: PMP, PMI-ACP,SAFE,CSM and CSPO

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Monday, November 23, 2015

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Is it important for authors to have different writing styles?
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  1. UnknownDecember 10, 2015 at 8:06 PM

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  2. UnknownDecember 10, 2015 at 8:10 PM

    1. It is crucial for authors to have different writing styles to help them to communicate in various situations. For example, if you’re writing in a business environment, it is important to use business terminology and a business perspective based on facts yet interjected with personal implementation strategies and ideas. When I was writing the case study part of my dissertation, it was important to express the voice of my interview subjects, and I often depended on conversation style when documenting the transcription of the interviews. Before an author can benefit from using any of the styles, they must display a great command of the English language in while understanding sentence structure. When an author writes, the author must consider the audience of the piece, and focusing on using the best writing style to reach them and communicate.

    Dr. White

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