Live Writing Breathing Life into Your Words
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 1999
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A practical guide for how to make your writing come alive, by the bestselling author of A Writer's Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding. What is "live writing"? It's the kind of writing that has a current running through it--energy, electricity, juice. This book is a young writer's toolbox for bringing writing to life. But instead of awls and hammers, this toolbox contains words, imagination, a love of books, a sense of story, and ideas for how to make the writing live and breathe. Perfect for classrooms, Live Writing is full of practical wisdom for young writers, from bestselling writer Ralph Fletcher. Aspiring writers will devour these tips for how to make their words jump off the page! Finding Your Voice: Learn how to make your writing sound honest and authentic, with all the quirks and rhythms of real human speech. Building Characters: Move beyond "good guys" and "bad guys" to create believable characters with real emotions who leap off the page. The Writer's Toolbox: Discover practical strategies for crafting powerful leads, memorable endings, and vivid settings that pull your reader in. Storytelling for Kids: A perfect resource for the classroom or young writers at home, filled with inspiration from beloved author Ralph Fletcher. Improve Your Writing: Go step-by-step through the writing process with dozens of tips and examples from other young writers just like you. …
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- Title
- Live Writing Breathing Life into Your Words
- Author
- Ralph Fletcher
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0380797011
- ISBN 13
- 9780380797011
A practical guide for how to make your writing come alive, by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding.
What is “live writing”? It’s the kind of writing that has a current running through it—energy, electricity, juice. This book is a young writer’s toolbox for bringing writing to life. But instead of awls and hammers, this toolbox contains words, imagination, a love of books, a sense of story, and ideas for how to make the writing live and breathe.
Perfect for classrooms, Live Writing is full of practical wisdom for young writers, from bestselling writer Ralph Fletcher. Aspiring writers will devour these tips for how to make their words jump off the page!
- Finding Your Voice: Learn how to make your writing sound honest and authentic, with all the quirks and rhythms of real human speech.
- Building Characters: Move beyond "good guys" and "bad guys" to create believable characters with real emotions who leap off the page.
- The Writer’s Toolbox: Discover practical strategies for crafting powerful leads, memorable endings, and vivid settings that pull your reader in.
- Storytelling for Kids: A perfect resource for the classroom or young writers at home, filled with inspiration from beloved author Ralph Fletcher.
- Improve Your Writing: Go step-by-step through the writing process with dozens of tips and examples from other young writers just like you.
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About the Author
Ralph Fletcher has always been a special person for children's literature. He is the author of picture books, nonfiction, and novels for young readers. How to Write Your Life Story is the fifth book in Mr. Fletcher's series of instructional writing books, which includes A Writer's Notebook, Live Writing, How Writers Work, and Poetry Matters. Mr. Fletcher lives with his family in New Hampshire.
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