Summary: "Have you ever wanted to write a story but wondered where to start? The Write your own story book is here to help. It's full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with space for you to write them in, and writing tips to help you on your way."--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 WRIDonovan, Bryn
Summary: "5,000 Writing Prompts is the must-have resource for novelists, short story writers, screenwriters, creative writing teachers, bloggers, memoir writers, playwrights, improv actors, and other creators. It's not only for people with writer's block, but also for people who want to write faster and make their stories richer and better"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Munds Park Publishing] 2019
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Summary: "In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALAHNIUK, CHUCK PALHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: A child struggles to write a story until he finds inspiration outside his window.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOPFoster, Thomas C.
Summary: Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing--and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher--retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. With How to Write Like a Writer you'll learn how to organize your thoughts, construct first drafts, and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 FOSManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie and her friends explore writing different kinds of poetry about themselves and their surroundings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Story Press 2001
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Summary: "Everybody has a poem inside them! Writing one is not as hard as you think, you just need to know how to get started. Discover all sorts of ways to write and perform your very own poems, from found poems, to haikus, to tanka poems, to tongue-twisters!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2023
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Summary: Have you ever wanted to captivate readers with a great opening, create spectacular and fantastical creatures, make up an entire country, realize a dastardly villain, write an epic love story, or make your characters leap off the page? In this companion to Writing Magic, Gail Carson Levine offers a behind-the-scenes take on writing and teaches you how to become a world-class author. Drawing from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J808.02 LEVBirney, Betty G.
Summary: During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imaginations with their own writing journals, and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BIRCamenson, Blythe.
Summary: Offers a step-by-step guide to the publishing process, including examples of synopses and queries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 CAMDavies, Peter Ho
Summary: "Although revision is essential to writing, readers only see the final draft, leaving the practice shrouded in mystery. Peter Ho Davies addresses this invisibility by examining his own work, alongside classic and contemporary authors, while also reaching beyond literature to film adaptations and retconning. And a story about his father--told and retold across the book--serves as impetus for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 DAVBerg, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 BERPhillips, Kathleen C.
Summary: Examines the basics of writing a story, from finding a title and beginning the work to completing and revising it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1995
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Summary: "Luke and Leo like lively poems. They teach their friend Lizzy about limericks with help from her older sister, Jill. Limericks always have five lines and a bouncy rhythm. It's fun to end them with a funny line. What funny poems will Luke, Leo and Lizzy build next?"--(p.4) of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word BransfordDaynes, Katie
Summary: The creative writer's handbook is divided into sections covering different aspects of the writing process - coming up with ideas, planning, punctuation and grammar - as well as advice on different forms of writing, including stories, blogs, non-fiction and poetry. Throughout, there are helpful tips and suggestions, internet links and quotations from well known authors to illustrate different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2017
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Summary: "From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. A paean to the power of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 MCCCarter, Ally
Summary: Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 808 CARGaneri, Anita
Summary: Teaches young readers how to write horror stories, covering such topics as developing ideas, setting spooky scenes, and building drama and suspense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 GANPeters, Jeffrey Edward.
Summary: "Divides the creative writing process into five simple steps, from inspiration to publishable story, and includes in-depth treatment of the graphic novel genre with writing prompts"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 PETBukowski, Charles
Summary: "Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers--the writer shares his insights on the art of creation." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 BUKGriffin, Susan
Summary: "In an elegant but contemporary voice, award-winning author Susan Griffin breaks down the creative process step-by-step, guiding the reader through a practical course in how to begin and end a work of literature, whether fiction or nonfiction, poetry, or prose"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 GRIHass, Robert
Summary: "Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2017