The Magic Words : : Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults

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Call Number: 808.068 Kl, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Writing & Publishing / Klein, Cheryl B
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	808.068 Kl	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Writing & Publishing / Klein, Cheryl B	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Writing & Publishing / Klein, Cheryl B	4-week checkout	Due 05-02-2024
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Writing & Publishing / Klein, Cheryl B	4-week checkout	Due 05-13-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Writing & Publishing / Klein, Cheryl B	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

Clarity and connection: principles of good writing -- Experience and emotion: ages in children's and YA literature -- Proficiency and practice: using and developing your gifts -- Promise and premise: crafting a strong story concept -- Effort and flow: how to write a novel -- Intention and invention: identifying your points -- Identity and choice: creating multidimensional characters -- Interest and change: building bonds between readers and your characters -- Power and attention: writing outside your own groundwork -- Structure and sensibility: the power of plot -- Obstacles and negotiation: seven ways of looking at a scene -- Movement and momentum: controlling your pace and prosody -- Person and personality: Fundamentals of voice -- Teases and trust: what makes a good first chapter -- Worlds and wonders: writing speculative fiction -- Perspective and polishing: considering Charlotte Keene -- Vision and revision: twenty techniques -- Love and/or money: publishing your book.
The best children's and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction - intention, character, plot, and voice - while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building, and the differences between middle-grade and YA novels. In addition, the book's exercises, questions, and straightforward rules of thumb help writers apply these insights to their own creative works. WIth its generous tone and useful tools for story analysis and revision, The Magic Words is an essential handbook for writers of children's and young adult fiction.

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