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LEARN HOW TO WRITE LIKE THE EXPERTS, FROM THE EXPERTS. Practical advice in a perfect package for young aspiring writers. After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young... read more
First Sentence edit
Five years ago I had two wishes: to publish a book about writing and to meet Ellen Potter.
Table of Contents edit
I. Introduction
II. Part I: Ready, Set, Go!
Section 1: Is It Really This Simple?
Section 2: Ugly First Drafts
Section 3: Inspiration
III. Part II: Crafting Your Story
Section 4: Convincing Your Characters that They Are Alive
Section 5: Naming Your Characters
Section 6: Blackberries, Raspberries, And Story Ideas
Section 7: Now We Get To The Weird Stuff: Plot
Section 8: Who Is Telling Your Story? The Narrative Voice
Section 9: Starting Points
Section 10: How to Create a Great Story Setting
Section 11: Suspense
Section 12: Title Tattle
Section 13: How to Write Dialogue
Section 14: Description
Section 15: More Crawling Lizards, Please: Talking About Illustrations
Section 16: Shape Shifters
Section 17: Ta-Da!
Section 18: Revision
Section 19: Journaling
Section 20: Two Heads are Better than One
IIII. Part III: The Writer's Brain
Section 21: The Writing Process
Section 22: Hellooooo? Anybody Out There?
Section 23: Keeping Your Readers Awake
Section 24: Writers Are Strange Creatures. Thank Heavens!
Section 25: Writer's Block 9-1-1
Section 26: Your Writer's Identity
Section 27: Begging, Borrowing, and Stealing
Section 28: The Writing Habit
Section 29: Belly Buttons
Section 30: Criticism
Section 31: A Writer's Life
IIIII. Appendix
Spilling Secrets
Acknowledgements
Author's Bios
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Mazer (Author)
- Ellen Potter (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 275
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 275
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- Dewey: 808
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsA kid could probably read this starting at age 10 or so. It's made specifically for young adult writers.
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