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Writing magic : creating stories that fly / Gail Carson Levine.

Levine, Gail Carson, (author.).

Summary:

Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of making magic with your writing--Publisher-provided summary.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060519606
  • ISBN: 0060519614
  • ISBN: 9780060519605
  • ISBN: 9780060519612
  • Physical Description: vii, 167 pages pb. ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Collins, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Liftoff: Running start -- Why I wrote this book -- Shut up! -- Eureka! -- Getting into it -- Noticing -- Heart and guts: Nitty-gritty -- Kiss of life -- Character helper -- Suffer! -- Talking -- Back to beginnings -- Where am I? -- Who am I? -- Voice -- Happily ever after--or not -- Plowing through: Stuck! -- Operating room -- Writers' groups and other helpers -- Digging deeper: Show and tell -- Abracadabra! -- I'd recognize her with my eyes closed -- Speaking body language -- Method writing -- Writing funny, writing punny -- Right moniker -- Fiddling with fairy tales -- Writing forever: Writing for your spirit -- Putting your words out there -- Exeunt writing -- Index -- About the author.
Target Audience Note:
780L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 4 110130.

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