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Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children's Guide to Writing

Andy Jones author Olaf Falafel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Walker Books Ltd

Published:7th Oct '21

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A funny and accessible guide to creative writing, packed with practical advice, exciting story prompts and a cast of creative monsters. Winner of the Lollies 2023 Book Awards for Non Fiction!

In the pages of Unleash Your Creative Monster, budding writers will sink their teeth into story basics, essential writing tools and the hidden secrets of the wordsmith. Featuring top tips on finding inspiration, how to keep a story moving and beating writer’s block, this essential guide has everything you need to unleash your creative monster.

Inspire the next generation of novelists with this writing guide. It covers plot and characters, and shares inventive prompts from Aliens In The Garden to Best Day Of My Life, brought to life by Olaf Falafel’s illustrations. * Sunday Express (S Magazine) *
Inspire the next generation of novelists with this imaginative writing guide. Children learn about structure, plot and description with inventive prompts and challenges, all brought to life by Olaf Falafel’s funny and inventive illustrations. * Daily Express, Scottish Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Mirror *
Intelligent, inspiring and lots of fun. * David Almond *
Such an amazing resource to get kids writing * Kieran Larwood, author *
This is as inspirational and practically useful a guide to writing fiction any aspiring young writer could ask for […] A bible for anyone with a big imagination. * The Best Children's Books of 2022, The Big Issue *

  • Winner of Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2023 (UK)

ISBN: 9781406396621

Dimensions: 245mm x 185mm x 15mm

Weight: 500g

176 pages