“Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, or from a Lincoln scholar writing an academic book on Lincoln. Each of these writers has a different audience and different goals. That's obvious.” WritingBookDifferentGoalResponsibilityAudienceObviousAcademicScholar Author:Russell Freedman
“Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.” WritingDifferentKidsAudienceSpecial Author:Russell Freedman
