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Writing radar using your journal to snoop out and craft great stories

"Bursting with practical tips and tricks, such as creating actual story-finding maps of your neighborhood, this book will help you build confidence and establish good writing habits as you learn to use a journal to snoop out plots full of action and emotion about yourself, your family, your fri...

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Main Author: Gantos, Jack (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Creative writing > Juvenile nonfiction.
Diaries > Authorship > Juvenile nonfiction.
Authorship > Vocational guidance > Juvenile nonfiction.
Creative writing > Vocational guidance > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: "Bursting with practical tips and tricks, such as creating actual story-finding maps of your neighborhood, this book will help you build confidence and establish good writing habits as you learn to use a journal to snoop out plots full of action and emotion about yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your pets. As Jack shows you hot to shape your rough ideas, organize plots, and polish drafts to shiny perfection, he also shares his own missteps - and ultimate success - as a would-be writer in middle school."
Physical Description: 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780374304560 (hardcover)
0374304564 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1951. He received a BFA and a MA from Emerson College. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. His other books include Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book, and Dead End in Norvelt, which won the 2012 Newbery Medal. His memoir, Hole in My Life, won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors. Jack's follow-up to Hole in My Life is The Trouble in Me He also teaches courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He dev.eloped the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children's book writers.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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