Writing Magic

Filled with inspirational advice and fun exercises, a Newbery Honor author shares her secrets and techniques for good writing by taking aspiring authors through the entire writing process, from gettin

Do you want to write stories that catch your readers and never let go? Have you ever wondered how to create a book as magical as Ella Enchanted, as touching as Dave at Night, as captivating as Fairest

From Oedipus to J.K. Rowling, the history of literature is inextricably bound up with magic and magical ideas. Both magic and writing are concerned with finding hidden forces and meanings, and inspira

From Oedipus to J.K. Rowling, the history of literature is inextricably bound up with magic and magical ideas. Both magic and writing are concerned with finding hidden forces and meanings, and inspira

Writing as Craft and Magic, Second Edition, outlines a compelling approach to conceiving, reporting, organizing, and writing articles for today's media. The book revolves around the central idea that

"If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" - Albert Einstein. "Writing rooms" refers to the unique working places of the most famous Dutch and Flemish author

"This collection of more than twenty-five critical essays, speeches, and biographical pieces written and/or chosen by Diana Wynne Jones will be required reading for the author's many fans and for stud

An anthology of short stories by new and up-and-coming YA authors featured in the online magazine Foreshadow, along with craft advice for writing YA from New York Times bestselling authors Nova Ren Su

The hit chapter book, now in paperback!Polly Diamond and the Magic Book is the first in a delightfully funny and magical chapter book series about a girl named Polly who loves words and writing stories.When a magic book appears on Polly's doorstep that can make everything she writes happen in real life, she is certain all of her dreams are about to come true. However, Polly soon learns that what you write and what you mean are not always the same thing.• The perfect mix of relatable and magicalbull; Inspires classroom writing activities, making it a great pick for teachers• Wonderful for young readers who want to get hooked on a new seriesPolly Diamond and the Magic Book is a Junior Library Guild selection and a Parents Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year."An enchanting adventure of magic and mishaps." — Kirkus Reviews• A great gift for parents, caregivers, teachers, librarians• Perfect for fans of the Ivy + Bean, Amelia Bedelia, and Dory Fantasmagory series• Add it to the shelf

Magic of Memoir is a memoirist’s companion for when the going gets tough. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds of memoirists to the completion of their memoirs, a

Great children’s and young adult novels offer their readers both wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, Cheryl B. Klein draws on fifteen years of experience as

With his characteristic talent for finding the connections between writing and the stuff of our lives (most notably in his earlier hitMaps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer), Peter Turchi

With his characteristic genius for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws

Mean Jack Frost has stolen Libby the Story-Writing Fairy's magical notebook, and now all story-writing is a disaster! Can Rachel and Kirsty help their fairy friend so all stories have happy endings ag

In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing. She shows how you, too, can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write s

In Sometimes the Magic Works, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks shares his secrets for creating unusual, memorable fiction. Spanning topics from the importance of daydreaming to the neces

Black and white photographs taken by amateur photographers are interpreted by 106 business professionals and graduates of the Wizard Academy using the mental imaging techniques of Roy H. Williams.

A scintillating collection of novellas featuring the Sunday Times bestselling author Portia Da Costa.The third BL paranormal novella collection. Three top authors writing three otherworldly short nove

Writing in Community is a book of inspiration and encouragement for writers who want to reach deep within themselves and write to their fullest potential. There is magic in a successful writing group.