authorship

Identifies the characteristics of different types of writing through a look at the efforts of the student editors of "Wordswork" to meet Professor Plot's challenge to showcase four different types of writing in the magazine, including comparative, personal narrative, explanatory, and persuasive.

Howie, the wirehaired dachshund, tries his paw at writing a new kind of novel, a mystery in which he imagines himself as a private investigator and Delilah as the "mysterious dame.".

High school senior and over-achiever Reshma Kapoor will stop at nothing to gain admission to Stanford - including writing a novel.

In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.

Under a deadline from his editor, Howie the wire-haired dachshund creates a story featuring a superhero whose ability to stink enables him and his sidekick, a sparrow named Little D, to fight crime in Central City.

Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.

"When Henrietta's mother gives her a box of colored pencils, she sets out to draw a terrifying and fantastic adventure"--.

You may think you know how this book was made, but you don't. Sure, the author wrote many drafts, and the illustrator took a long time creating the art, but then what? How'd it get into your hands? Well, open the cover and read through these pages to find out. Just beware of the pirates and angry tiger.

Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.

Dani loves loves writing, but when her family gets bad news, Dani feels too depressed to finish her book. Then Dani finds love from a friend to help her feel happy again.