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Adult Collection

R372.6044 SCH
101 creative writing activities for aspiring authors

808.02 CAM
How to sell, then write your nonfiction book: a comprehensive guide to getting published— from crafting a proposal to signing the contract and more

808.02 HEF
The writer's idea book

808.02 LEV
Fingerpainting on the moon: writing and creativity as a path to freedom

808.02 LUK
The first five pages: a writer's guide to staying out of the rejection pile

808.02 NEW REV Ed
Write from the heart: inspiration and exercise for women who want to write

808.02 OCO
Words fail me: what everyone who writes should know about writing

808.02 RUB
The everything get published book

808.02 VAR
Letters to a young novelist

808.02 WRI
The Writer’s almanac

808.02 WRI
The Writer's digest writing clinic: expert help for improving your work 1st ed.

808.0668 BER
What if? : writing exercises for fiction writers

808.2 FIL
Write from life: turning your personal experiences into compelling stories

808.3 BIC
The 38 most common fiction writing mistakes (and how to avoid them)

808.3 BIC
Setting

808.3 BIC
Writing the short story: a hands-on program

808.3 CAR
Practical tips for writing popular fiction

 

808.3 COP
The ABC’s of writing fiction

808.3 GEO
Write away: one novelist’s approach to fiction and the writing life

808.3 HEM
Turning life into fiction

808.3 KAP
Revision: a creative approach to writing and rewriting fiction

808.3 KRE
Beginnings, middles and ends

808.3 NOB
Conflict, action, and suspense

808.3 NOV
Fiction writers workshop

808.3 OBS
Novelists essential guide to crafting scenes

808.3 PIE
So you want to write: how to master the craft of writing fiction and the personal narrative

808.3 REE
Mastering fiction writing

808.3 TUR
Dialogue

808.3 WAT
Writing a novel

808.31 WRI
The Writer’s digest handbook of short story writing volume ii

808.3872 SKI
Writing the thriller

808.543 PAR
The Idea factory: a guide to more creative thinking and writing

813.54 BER
Escaping into the open: the art of writing true

820.9 YAG
The sound on the page: style and voice in writing

Young Adult Collection

YA371.3028 SEB
Writing source 2000: a guide to writing, thinking and learning

YA808.02 HAM
So, you wanna be a writer? : how to write, get published, and maybe even make it big!

YA R808.0208 HEN
The young writer's guide to getting published

YA808.042 MIR
Write where you are: how to use writing to make sense of your life : a guide for teens

 

YA808.1 RYA
How to write a poem

YA810.9928 SMI
Women who write. v. 2

YA808.1 DOR
How to Read and Interpret Poetry

Juvenile Collection

J372.6 ASH
Wild words: how to train them to tell stories

J808.02 ASH
Where do you get your ideas? : helping young writers begin

J808.02 FLE
How writers work: finding a process that works for you

J808.02 ROY
You can write a story or narrative

J808.0202 NUW
To the young writer: nine writers talk about their craft

 

J808.0202 REE
Career ideas for kids who like writing

J808.042 BEN
Writing for kids

J808.042 CAS
In your own words: a beginner’s guide to writing

J808.31 BAU
Our stories: a fiction workshop for young authors

Web Sites

Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu
The Write Place, St. Cloud State University

CyberTeens Creativity
http://cyberteens.com/cr
Able Minds, Inc.

Merlyn’s Pen
http://www.merlynspen.org
Merlyn’s Pen Foundation

Teen Ink
http://www.TeenInk.com
Teen Ink, The 21st Century, and The Young Authors Foundation, Inc.

Wordsmiths
http://teenlink.nypl.org/Wordsmiths-Current.cfm
New York Public Library

 

Teens Connect
http://www.teens-connect.com
Columbus Metropolitan Library

Quotations, Dictionary and other writing information
http://www.bartleby.com

I P L Teen: Reading and Writing
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/bw0000
Internet Public Library for teens

RhymeZone
http://rhymezone.com
Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus

Young Poets
http://www.youngpoets.ca/


List compiled by library staff.