How to build a story or, the big what if

"An instructional book on how to write a story from bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell"--

Main Author:	Dowell, Frances O'Roark (Author)
Other Authors:	Ebert, Stacy (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Subjects:	Authorship > Juvenile nonfiction. Storytelling > Juvenile nonfiction. Fiction > Authorship > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	"An instructional book on how to write a story from bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell"--
Item Description:	"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book"
Physical Description:	117 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:	Ages 10 up Grades 4-6
ISBN:	9781534438422 1534438424 9781534438439 1534438432
Author Notes:	Frances O'Roark Dowell was born on a military post in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 1964. She received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Massachusetts. She has written numerous books including Where I'd Like to Be, The Secret Language of Girls, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, and Falling In. She also writes the Phineas L. MacGuire series. She has received numerous awards for her work including Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel for Dovey Coe in 2001, the William Allen White Award for Dovey Coe in 2003, and the Christopher Medal for Shooting the Moon. (Bowker Author Biography)