STUDENTS from Buninyong Primary School\u2019s Scotsburn campus were visited by a special recently as part of Book Week celebrations.<\/p>\n
Local author Deb Goldie met with grade 5 and 6 students to speak about her debut novel, Test of Wills, and said it was \u201camazing\u201d to discuss her process with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a whole list of questions they had for me about the book and my writing journey and it was just great to see them so interested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese kids are lifelong learners and you can already see that process is already starting and they\u2019re already starting to think ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably learned as much about my novel and what to do in preparing my next one as what they learned from reading my story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goldie\u2019s book released in May after 10 years of research, and tells the story of a boy named Will as he\u2019s transported from the present day to World War Two-era Germany.<\/p>\n
The students studied the book in the leadup to Goldie\u2019s visit, and presented artworks they\u2019d created for each chapter to her.<\/p>\n
Maggie Eustice asked Goldie about her inspirations in writing the book, and said it was great to go into detail about the work with its creator.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really loved the storyline. It was great to be able to infer the character\u2019s feelings, and to have Deb come in and being able to answers to all the questions we had,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told us the story came from her father, who had been through the things that were in the book and that\u2019s how she was able to write a detailed novel about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeb gave us a few tips on how to create a story like that and it was amazing to hear that process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STUDENTS from Buninyong Primary School\u2019s Scotsburn campus were visited by a special recently as part of Book Week celebrations. Local author Deb Goldie met with grade 5 and 6 students to speak about her debut novel, Test of Wills, and said it was \u201camazing\u201d to discuss her process with them. \u201cThere was a whole list […]<\/p>\n