authorship

Tapir has a new notebook and pencils but, unlike his friends, can think of nothing to write and is ready to give up when he finds a better way to communicate, through drawing.

"Introduces opinion writing to children using photographs as idea prompts"--.

At the dawn of the age of silent films, a mysterious filmmaker proposes turning Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures and, with Monty as the star, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events of which only Penny can uncover the cause.

Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel.

In London in the 1680s, Meg--now sixteen years old--tries to decide whether to marry either of the two men who court her, taking into account both love and her writing ambitions.

Examines the life of E. B. White, a children's storybook author, and provides information on how the reader may compose their own biography.

Chester is thrilled to write his own book.

"When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Jos{233}phine Cort{232}s is left in an unhappy state of affairs. The mother of two--confident, beautiful teenage Hortense and shy, babyish Zo{233}--is forced to maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager salary as a medieval history scholar. Meanwhile, Jos{233}phine's charismatic sister Iris seems to have it all--a wealthy husband, gorgeous looks, and a tr{232}s chic Paris address--but she dreams of bringing meaning back into her life. When Iris charms a famous publisher into offering her a lucrative deal for a twelfth-century romance, she offers her sister a deal of her own: Jos{233}phine will write the novel and pocket all the proceeds, but the book will be published under Iris's name. All is well--that is, until the book becomes the literary sensation of the season"--.

When ten-year-old Ava uses her writing talents to help her older sister overcome her shyness, both girls learn the impact their words and stories can have on the world around them.

A group of successful authors offer encouragement and guidance to aspiring writers by explaining why and how they work at writing, featuring contributions from Jennifer Egan, Sue Grafton, David Baldacci, and Jodi Picoult.