Writing radar : using your journal to snoop out and craft great stories / Jack Gantos.
Writing radar : using your journal to snoop out and craft great stories / Jack Gantos.
By
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Gantos, Jack.
Publication Date
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2017
Publication Information
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New York : Farrar Straus Giroux,
Physical Description
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xx, 203 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Authorship -- Vocational guidance -- Juvenile literature.
Creative writing -- Juvenile literature.
Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Juvenile literature.
Summary
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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.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780374304560
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