I was asked this by the BBC

The great thing about the way children think is that they are not log-jammed with the usual barriers that adults struggle with. They are open minded and anything is feasible in a strange sort of way. My aim is to help children realise that writing can be fun. I try to help them to free their imaginations and not to get too bogged down with grammer and spelling, these things can be fixed later. They seem to love the 'what happens next bit' where I read them Billy's approach to the first cave and they then carry on the story. You would not believe some of the amazing ideas that they come out with. For light relief I take them to where Billy learns to juggle and show them how it is done. Finally, I open the Blue Box, inside of which are exciting things that Billy collected on his journey. They can tough the Rorb, feel the golden arrows, have a look at his grandfathers Swiss Army Knife and turn the amazing weird looking hourglass. All in all it is very satifying for me and hopefully also for them.