How To Be A Young #Writer

Christopher Edge author Oxford Dictionaries author Pádhraic Mulholland illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:5th Jan '17

Should be back in stock very soon

How To Be A Young #Writer cover

The go-to guide to becoming a #writer.

This book will get you started on your writing journey. It gives practical advice on beating the fear of the blank page, plot structuring, choosing a viewpoint, creating characters, writing killer openings and perfect endings. It will support you as you start writing and keep you going through to getting people reading your stories.This is an authoritative book from the word experts at Oxford to get budding writers crafting brilliant stories. It will help you think about how to develop an idea into a gripping and powerful story, with examples and tips from the best known authors to show you how it's done. For children aged 11 and over, it covers all the key elements of plot, characterization, building a believable world, thinking about tone and style, weaving description into stories, through to endings and editing your work. Practical tips will get any struggling writer to beat the fear of the blank page and inspirational advice will help young authors to achieve their creative writing goals. It includes information on sharing stories and how to get people reading your work.

ISBN: 9780198376484

Dimensions: 240mm x 184mm x 9mm

Weight: 380g

160 pages