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Live Writing: Breathing Life into Your Words

A practical guide for how to make your writing come alive, by the bestselling author of A Writer's Notebookand the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding.

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What is "live writing"? It's the kind of writing that has a current running through it—energy, electricity, juice. This book is a young writer's toolbox for bringing writing to life. But instead of awls and hammers, this toolbox contains words, imagination, a love of books, a sense of story, and ideas for how to make the writing live and breathe.

Perfect for classrooms, Live Writingis full of practical wisdom for young writers, from bestselling writer Ralph Fletcher. Aspiring writers will devour these tips for how to make their words jump off the page!

Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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