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Authorship Authorship Juvenile literature Creative writing Creative writing Juvenile literature Creative writing Study and teaching Creative writing Therapeutic use English language Rhetoric Study and teaching Fiction Authorship LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing Poetry Therapeutic useCoelho, Joseph
Summary: "Everybody has a poem inside them! Writing one is not as hard as you think, you just need to know how to get started. Discover all sorts of ways to write and perform your very own poems, from found poems, to haikus, to tanka poems, to tongue-twisters!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2023
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Summary: "Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 GRICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 921 Grimes 2019Levine, Gail Carson.
Summary: Have you ever wanted to captivate readers with a great opening, create spectacular and fantastical creatures, make up an entire country, realize a dastardly villain, write an epic love story, or make your characters leap off the page? In this companion to Writing Magic, Gail Carson Levine offers a behind-the-scenes take on writing and teaches you how to become a world-class author. Drawing from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J808.02 LEVScrimger, Richard
Summary: "Interested in writing but don't know how to get started? Love reading and want to know more about how stories are created? Like ridiculous tales about troublesome sisters, peanut butter and steamrollers? Look no further! Esteemed writer Richard Scrimger is here to answer all your burning questions about writing: whether about plot, character, structure, story hooks or commas. (Actually, don't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2024
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Summary: "Although revision is essential to writing, readers only see the final draft, leaving the practice shrouded in mystery. Peter Ho Davies addresses this invisibility by examining his own work, alongside classic and contemporary authors, while also reaching beyond literature to film adaptations and retconning. And a story about his father--told and retold across the book--serves as impetus for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 DAVStrausser, Jeffrey
Summary: A guide for improving writing skills and technique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barrons Educational Series, Inc. 2021
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Summary: Teaches young readers how to write horror stories, covering such topics as developing ideas, setting spooky scenes, and building drama and suspense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 GANPalahniuk, Chuck
Summary: "In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALAHNIUK, CHUCK PALPeters, Jeffrey Edward.
Summary: "Divides the creative writing process into five simple steps, from inspiration to publishable story, and includes in-depth treatment of the graphic novel genre with writing prompts"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 PETDaynes, Katie
Summary: The creative writer's handbook is divided into sections covering different aspects of the writing process - coming up with ideas, planning, punctuation and grammar - as well as advice on different forms of writing, including stories, blogs, non-fiction and poetry. Throughout, there are helpful tips and suggestions, internet links and quotations from well known authors to illustrate different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2017
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Summary: Introduces the form of Japanese poetry known as haiku, explores the seven keys to writing haiku, and provides instructions for five haiku projects, including creating haiga, or illustrated haiku.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2003
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word DoneganVanderMeer, Jeff.
Summary: "This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 VANMazzeo, Tilar J.
Summary: Whether you're looking to launch into a new professional career as a creative nonfiction writer, dabble in the genre as a pastime, start a personal blog, or simply get inside the mind of a creative nonfiction writer at work, you'll find much to learn from and enjoy in Writing Creative Nonfiction. These 24 lectures by award-winning writing instructor and Professor Tilar J. Mazzeo of Colby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 WRICall number: DVD 808 WRI
Summary: "Have you ever wanted to write a story but wondered where to start? The Write your own story book is here to help. It's full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with space for you to write them in, and writing tips to help you on your way."--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 WRIDonovan, Bryn
Summary: "5,000 Writing Prompts is the must-have resource for novelists, short story writers, screenwriters, creative writing teachers, bloggers, memoir writers, playwrights, improv actors, and other creators. It's not only for people with writer's block, but also for people who want to write faster and make their stories richer and better"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Munds Park Publishing] 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 DONSchneider, Pat
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 SCHVogler, Christopher
Summary: "Writers are storytellers. The best of them have utilized the principles of myth to create masterful stories that are dramatic, entertaining and psychologically true. Based on the work of Joseph Campbell, this edition provides an insider's look at how writers (both fiction and non-fiction) can utilize mythic structure to create powerful narratives. Writers will discover step by step guidelines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Wiese Productions 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.23 VOGFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Story Press 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Whether you?re huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It?s tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how to move from the kernel of an idea to a completed manuscript.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 WRIEdmundson, Mark
Summary: Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be entertained, not inspired? Writing is backbreaking, mindbreaking, lonely work. So why? Because writing, as celebrated professor Mark Edmundson explains, is one of the greatest human goods. Real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2016
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Summary: "Chad Harbach and contributors map out the "two cultures" of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing. In a widely read essay titled "MFA vs. NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MFASummary: Curated by award-winning and best-selling poets, this wide-ranging poetry anthology represents twenty years of poetry from the students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 RESBarry, Lynda
Summary: "It" is a highly imaginative, image-and-words collage, mashed-up with a how-to-write book and highlighted with autobiographical snippets. Barry's purpose is to urge readers to interact with their own imagery, ideas, and stories, then write and/or draw them. The text wanders through a colorful, free-form garden of birds, animals, flowers, and snippets of letters and quotations, almost demanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2008
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Summary: Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019