MF: I loved the drawings in the book they added just the right touch. Although I was a lot like Dwight, I also have a lot in common with Harvey! He’s my dark side! TA: Well, this is more of confession than you realize. MF: Fess up: which character were you most like when you were a kid? TA: Yes, I love writing for mid-graders because I loved reading so much when I was one. MF: Did you set out to write a story for middle grade readers, or is that just the way the story unfolded? TA: If we knew what was going on inside Dwight’s head, the heart of the story would be gone. MF: Why did you decide to write the book in this particular way, rather than from, say, Dwight’s perspective? MF: Since the book was a “case” file, each of the chapters were written in a different voice? Did you find it difficult switching between voices? They said yes to Yoda and to everything else I’ve wanted to do, like having a teacher character that looks a lot like Jabba.
MF: Obviously, Yoda is a copyrighted character I’m assuming you didn’t just get to use that character without permission? How did you get that from Lucasfilm? TA: Lucasfilm is awesome!!! They’ve been great.
And the rest of the story just came naturally from there. It was a finger puppet, so obviously an imaginative kid would walk around and make it talk to people. But his is for experts only and I’m actually terrible at origami.īut I messed around and came up with a super simple Yoda and by chance it fit right on your finger. MF: Tell me how you came up with the idea to write a story about a mystical folded piece of paper that gives advice? TA: Well, after seeing Fukiami Kawahata’s famous origami Yoda I wanted to make my own.
Enjoy and be sure to visit Tom at his blog. After patiently waiting until I got my hands on a copy (and reading it), I knew I needed to interview the man behind this concept. I’d seen buzz about The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, and knew I had to read it.
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