Number one bestselling young adult author, Jack Heath, flew in from Canberra to Perth recently to share his writing techniques with our students.

Here is some writing advice he gave:

1. Delete unnecessary words
2. The words you cannot delete, replace with more specific words.
3. Hold the reader's attention at all costs
4. Let the reader join the dots
5. Tension rising is better than tension falling. Raise the stakes.
6. Use sensations as they are part of why readers read and they are a gateway to emotions.
7. You do not have a budget. Your only limits are your imagination and your vocabulary.

We love that Jack Heath's sessions inspired his young audience and left a lasting positive impact on our students.

Stephen Sampson
Head of Secondary Library Services