青少年小說week 5

3/26   Finding Forester

Movie: Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. An African-American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery), through whom he refines his talent for writing and comes to terms with his identity.

·         The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.

·         No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!

·         Bitterly disappointed teachers are either very effective or very dangerous.”

·         "The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow." You wrote that in your book.

·         Writers write things to give readers something to read.