MaggieLilyMikeBDerek

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 * Talkshow Host: Lily Cronin
 * Roald Dahl: Derek Lockhoff
 * Audience Member 1: Michael Beatty
 * Audience Member 2: Maggie Goldberg

__Derek:__ Well, after I recovered from my injuries, I was inspired and started to write books.
I really enjoy being an author now. Also- after every long school day when I was young I would go to the near by candy store this experience inspired me to write one of my most famous books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

__Lily:__ Wow, very interesting!

Now it's time for questions from the audience!

Any questions?

__Michael:__ Me,me! Hi Roald, did you enjoy seeing your books produced into movies onto the "big-screen"? In my opinion Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was the best.

__Derek:__ Thank you so much. And yes, I enjoyed every one of my books that I saw on the "big screen"and I agree Charlie and the Chocolate factory was one of the best.I also enjoyed seeing Matilda too. It was very interesting for me to experience "my words" put into a script for a movie.

__Lily:__ Wow, very cool!

__Maggie:__ Oh, I have a question! Hi Roald, okay so I was wondering.. if you could describe to me how it feels to write a book?

__Derek:__ Well, i would describe writing a book, it's rather like going on a long walk.. across valleys, mountains, & many things, then you see a view, the first one. Then you walk a bit further to the top of the hill, and you see something. Then you write that down, then after a day, seeing all of the same landscapes, the highest mountain of them all shows it's the best view of them all. It's, a very long, slow process.

__Lily:__ Wow, thats's a great view..

Now each of those 2 members get's 1 more question...

__Michael:__ Roald- How did you get the idea for the book James & the Giant Peach?

__Derek:__ Oh! Good question so I had a fascination with the thought than an ordinary apple (lots of apple trees around here, & fruit trees, and you can watch them through the summer-- get bigger and bigger, just from a tiny little apple, to an even bigger one) and it seemed to me an obvious thought what would happen if the apple didn't stop growing and got bigger & bigger, why does the apple stop at a certain size? well..what about a story? I thought and thought apple,pear,plum,peach Ahhh! ((relaxed)) peach is a nice fruit! And so the story started...

__Lily:__ Very cool! There are so many different ways to write book and yours is so fascinating. Now for our last question

__Maggie:__ Roald- How easy was it to write Matilda?

__Derek:__ Well you see, I kept getting it wrong, it took about 6 or 8 or 9 months writing it, and when i had finished, I didn't believe it was right.The main character Matilda, was hard to write about, so about a year later I wrote it all again and i knew where i was wrong, so I was able to get Matilda right and the book turned out okay, and now I'm fairly happy with it. It turned out average but it certainly wasn't before, ((chuckles))!

__Lily:__ Wow, that sounds like hard work Roald well in my opinion it was a very enjoyable book!

__Roald:__ Why thank you!

__Lily:__ Well that all we have time for todays folks, thanks so much for coming down Roald! I appreciate your company!

__Derek:__ My pleasure!

__Lily:__ Tune in next time when we, interview Stephenie Meyer, with her great series of Twilight!

((audience claps!))

__Interview members, walk out of the "studio" as if on real t.v.__