'I Can Just Pour My Ideas On Paper'

'I Can Just Pour My Ideas On Paper'

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By John Sharify

SEATTLE - Her feet don't even touch the floor, and yet Adora Svitak can do what few her age can do!

"We're very proud of her achievement," says Joyce Svitak, Adora's mom.

Adora Svitak, who is just 7 years old, can type 60 words a minute. But it's not the typing that makes Adora so remarkable.

It's what she's typing. Short stories that she's written... one after another.

I asked her: "You can't stop writing, can you?"

"Probably not," says Adora.

Adora has written almost 300 short stories. She's written "Julie and her Magic," "Abigail," "Naomi and Angela," and right now she's working on "Stephanie and Amanda."

"I can just pour my ideas on paper," says Adora.

This girl from Redmond has been an author half her life. For her, writing is like breathing. And the writing is punchy.

Opening lines that draw you in. Simple stories with universal themes. Friendship, trust, kindness.

"A lot of times you just get an idea, and I know what to type next because it's in my head," says Adora Svitak.

In her head, are grown up words, like "wincing". Some words her mother doesn't even understand.

"Especially because English is my second language," says Joyce Svitak.

Even though she isn't a published author yet, maybe she will be, by the time her feet touch the floor.

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