creative writing

To write children's books well, it is good to be a big kid yourself. Robert Munsch proves this every time he writes a book. This author is a kid at heart.

Presents guidelines, models, and thinking strategies designed to help beginning authors master various forms and styles of writing.

Presents a comprehensive writing handbook that offers the basic elements of writing, revising, and editing, forms of writing such as journaling, short stories and poetry, summaries and research papers, and provides instruction in grammar, language, and sentence structure.

A comprehensive writing textbook that offers instruction in the basic elements of writing, revising, and editing; discussing forms of writing such as narratives, expository, response, creative, and research, and providing exercises in proofreading, grammar, language, and sentence structure.

Donald Graves presents more than sixty of his favorite and most effective writing prompts and explains the importance of quick writes and writing practices.

Examines prose writing, and focuses on imagery and description, and discusses using the senses, word choices, figurative language, and other related topics; and includes example excerpts from well known authors such as Upton Sinclair, and others.

Explains the import role words and tone play in literature, with examples of different tones and the meaning they bring to each piece and information on how words and tone help readers gain a sense of place in a story.

Examines the basics of writing a story, from finding a title and beginning the work to completing and revising it.

Introduces children to the creative writing, and discusses writing ideas, basics of story structure, revisions, and more.

Teaches how to write a critical essay about the war in Afghanistan, including model essays, writing exercises, and composing a bibliography.