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KS3 Language Lab: Writers' Choices

3. Why did you choose to set your novels in the fictional Crongton?

For use with KS3 Language Laboratory 'Writers' Choices', Alex Wheatle author of the Crongton sequence, discusses his writing.

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1. Why did you choose to become a writer?

2. Why did you choose to write Young Adult Fiction?

3. Why did you choose to set your novels in the fictional Crongton?

4. What choices are you going to make when writing future Crongton novels?

5. What choices did you make when creating McKay’s voice?

6. What choices did you make about the language to use in your Crongton novels?

7. Why did you choose to refer to swearing in your novels without actually swearing?

8. Why did you choose to write novels containing lots of different voices?

9. How are your choices as a writer linked to your reading?

Watch Alex Wheatle read an extract from Crongton Knights

Watch Alex Wheatle talking about the extract from Crongton Knights