Mazer, Anne

After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block. Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.

Abby Hayes can't stand the way some girls have changed in sixth grade. They never stop thinking about boys! Abby doesn't get it until she meets Simon, a seventh-grade sax player with bright blue eyes. Suddenly, Abby tries everything to get him to notice her. Is Abby changing too?.