creative writing

Presents an approach to creative writing that personifies key steps and elements of writing to explain such areas as creating characters, establishing settings, and enabling events to move in a logical order.

Whether you want to write a puzzling mystery, a lighthearted romance, a dark sci-fi epic, or a tale that borrows from your own life, a blank page can be the starting point.

Reveals how writers can take advantage of the brain's hard-wired responses to story to captivate their readers' minds through each plot element.

"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"--.

Provides quick, fun examples to help you understand the make believe of fiction.

"A biography of British author Roald Dahl, who is best known for his books James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many others, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. Find out more about this remarkable writer and the charming and unforgettable characters he created. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more" -- Provided by publisher.

"A biography of American author Lois Lowry, who is best known for her books Number the Stars and The Giver, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. Find out more about this remarkable writer and the captivating and unforgettable characters she created. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more" -- Provided by publisher.

Budding young poets will be introduced to poems that tell stories. They will learn how to break poetry into lines and stanzas and helpful techniques show them how to write their own narrative poems.

"During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks"--Provided by publisher.