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Publisher Annotation: Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process in a dynamic and accessible way,...
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Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Introduces and defines essential elements of writing poetry accompanied by compelling writing prompts for practicing new skills. Real-life author bios and excerpts enhance skills and understanding"--
4) Idea jar
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Emily Dickinson, who famously wrote "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul," is brought to life in this moving story. In a small New England town lives Emily Dickinson, a girl in love with small things?a flower petal, a bird, a ray of light, a word. In those small things, her brilliant imagination can see the wide world?and in her words, she takes wing. From celebrated children's author Jennifer Berne comes...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces, and he presents extracts from his work,...
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