What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

by Marion Dane Bauer

Overview

Discusses how to write fiction, exploring point of view, dialogue, endings, and revision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395577806
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/20/1992
Edition description:	None
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Marion Dane Bauer has written more than one hundred children's books, including picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, and novels. She won a Newbery Honor for On My Honor, a middle grade coming-of-age story. She lives in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. www.mariondanebauer.com.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
1.	The First Step ... A Story Plan	1
2.	Choosing Your Best Idea	8
3.	Character ... The Key to Good Stories	17
4.	Bringing Characters to Life	28
5.	Focusing Your Story	37
6.	Getting from Beginning to End ... The Plot	46
7.	Choosing Your Point of View	57
8.	At Last ... The Beginning	68
9.	Something to Talk About ... Dialogue	78
10.	Story Tension ... Keeping Your Readers Hooked	87
11.	Endings ... Expected and Surprising	95
12.	Just When You Thought You Were Done ... Revising	102
13.	The Final Step ... Polishing	111
14.	A Career as a Fiction Writer	118
	An Afterword ... On Using This Book	127
	Index	131

Editorial Reviews

"Provides mentoring and practical advice in this handy how to book . . . as useful to teachers as to young writers." School Library Journal, Starred —

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