Twenty children, aged 11 to 14, discuss various aspects of divorce, including custody arrangements, parents' boyfriends and girlfriends, how they were first told about their parents' divorce, and how divorce has changed them.
Offers advice to young writers on how to get their work published and how to avoid publishing scams; discusses manuscript preparation; profiles a selection of successful young writers; and includes a listing of over one hundred markets and contests.
Provides information on identifying the writer within, creating three-dimensional characters, submitting a manuscript for publication, and other authorship issues.
Provides publishing information for the young writer including tips on preparing a manuscript, profiles of published young writers, opportunities online, and market and contest listings.
Offers advice on getting story ideas, characterization, settings, plots, beginnings and endings, emotion and immediacy, and first drafts and revisions.
This follow-up to "What's Your Story?" presents a selection of short fiction written by students in grades four through twelve followed by Bauer's comments on each.
