Featuring personal anecdotes and an abundance of information, a humorous guide, filled with poetry exercises, ideas, projects, and pointers, teaches readers how to write poetry.

The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson. In Guts, Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in Hatchet; plane crashes he has seen and near-misses of his own. He describes how he made his own bows and arrows,...

Write Your Own Sci-Fi explores the many worlds of science fiction, introducing beloved classics as well as new writing. Using key works as springboards and prompts, you'll also learn the nuts and bolts that go into writing science fiction that's out of this world.

In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern France with children's book manuscripts, including what would become the international sensation "Curious George," among their few possessions. This is their dramatic story.

This book will help you write all kinds of scripts - scary ones, exciting ones, and hilariously silly ones. It's full of tips and ideas that will help you every step of the way - from planning and writing to putting on your very own shows.

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

Provides practical advice with checklists on the art of writing poetry.

Provides suggestions on putting thoughts and feelings into writing, creating original books and other projects--from postcards to umbrellas--and submitting manuscripts for publication in more traditional media.

Introduces the many different forms of poetry while delving into a variety of literary techniques such as personification, metaphor, and alliteration, and includes creative writing exercises designed to reinforce language arts skills.