authorship

Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories, which he places on the shelves with the other library books. When children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.

Henrietta loves books, but she had never dreamed of creating one herself until she gets a pack of new colored pencils. She creates a story of a brave young girl, a monster with three heads, and a world full of adventure.

Discover ways of brainstorming ideas for a comic book story, how to outline a plot using a three-act organizational structure, how to incorporate dialogue and descriptions, and how to write clear and detailed instructions for an artist to draw the accompanying illustrations.

"Elliott has found a machine. It doesn't beep or buzz. It doesn't have an on-off button. It doesn't have flashing lights. But it does make letters. And, as Elliott discovers, letters can make pictures and pictures can make stories. Has Elliott found a story machine?"--Back cover.

Sent to live with his uncle after a violent confrontation with his stepfather, sixteen-year-old Travis, an aspiring writer, finds life in a small Oklahoma town confining until he meets an eighteen-year-old horse trainer named Casey.

In Amherst, Massachusetts, in spring, 1834, young Emily Dickinson uses scraps of paper and a pencil nub to write a poem, before she even knows her ABCs, and shares it with her household and garden. Includes author's note about Dickinson's life and work.

A novel in which the author uses the story of Tristram Shandy, a country gentleman, as a backdrop for digressions mocking the foibles of human nature.

"Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry--both her process and her philosophy"--Back cover.

Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she has been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she did not know Joe as well as she thought--and he was not the saint she believed he was.

Many teens have a passion for writing, but it isn't always obvious to them how they can turn this interest into a remunerative one, much less a career. Though it may not be easy to get published, this volume explores the various ways teens can get their work published, both online and in printed form. Along with tips on how to polish their writing so that it's publication-ready, readers will also get pragmatic advice on working as a writing tutor, getting a start in journalism, self-publishing, dealing with contracts and editors, marketing themselves, and more.