It's the new nonfiction: the creative hybrid combining the readability and excitement of fiction with the best of expository prose; the innovative genre that has been awarded virtually every Pulitzer Prize for literary journalism since 1979. In this book, an undisputed master of the great American nonfiction short story shares his secrets.

Acclaimed author Jack Gantos's guide to becoming the best brilliant writer.

Stimulating Story Writing! Inspiring Children aged 7-11 offers innovative and exciting ways to inspire children to want to create stories and develop their story writing skills. This practical guide offers comprehensive and informed support for professionals to effectively engage ‘child authors’ in stimulating story writing activity. Packed full of story ideas, resource suggestions and practical activities, the book explores various ways professionals can help children to develop the six key elements of story, these being character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution and ending. All of the ideas in the book are designed to complement and enrich existing writing provision in classrooms with strategies such as role play, the use of different technologies, and using simple open ended resources as story stimuli. Separated into two sections and with reference to the Key Stage 2 curricula, this timely new text provides professionals with tried and tested strategies and ideas that can be used with immediate effect. Chapters include: • Creating Characters • The Plot Thickens • Inspired Ideas • Resourcing the Story Stimulation This timely new text is the perfect guide for inspiring children aged 7-11 in the classroom and will be an essential resource for teachers and students on teacher training courses.

Teaches how to develop a plot, setting, and characters, use details, and more.

The book is a hands-on-manual that takes the writer on a journey of self discovery through autobiographical writing. It is based on the author's fifteen plus years teaching story writing to writers, non-writers, therapists and instructors.(224 pages)

Have you been in need of a practical and pleasant way to teach kids how to write an adventure story? This mini guide for teachers and parents is the answer to your need. The magical Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet is a teaching prop, a simple and effective tool to be used by the educator and the parent. Through tumbling and flipping, he guides kids to write an adventure story with a series of plot twists. He reveals all his story-planning and story-writing secrets and becomes children’s guide and buddy, who trains them in the magic of creative thinking and creative writing, helps them express themselves, frees and cultivates their imagination. This ebook presents Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet and gives you step-by-step instructions to create him, as well as detailed explanations on how to use him. I have also added notes, tips and ideas for additional activities.

Stimulating Emerging Story Writing! Inspiring Children aged 3-7 offers innovative and exciting ways to inspire young children to want to create stories and develop their emerging story writing skills. This practical guide offers comprehensive and informed support for professionals to effectively engage ‘child authors’ in stimulating story writing activities. Packed full of story ideas, resource suggestions and practical activities, the book explores the various ways professionals can help young children to develop the six key elements of story, these being character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution and ending. All of the ideas in the book are designed to support a setting’s daily writing provision such as mark making opportunities, role play and using simple open ended play resources. Separated into two sections and with reference to the EYFS and Key Stage 1 curricula, this timely new text provides practitioners with tried and tested strategies and ideas that can be used with immediate effect. Chapters include: Creating Characters The Plot Thickens Inspired Ideas Resourcing the Story Stimulation This timely new text is the perfect guide for inspiring young children aged 3-7 in the classroom and will be an essential resource for practitioners, teachers and students on both early years and teacher training courses.

Everything you need to teach story writing to primary pupils, packed full of effective, curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready resources and strategies. To be used as a standalone or alongside existing writing schemes, this book contains comprehensive practical guidance on planning and teaching story writing, including: how to pick the right text, effective strategies for selecting vocabulary and teaching pupils how to edit. Step-by-step advice covers all elements of story writing, including the difference between plot and story, story shapes and how to use them, characters and their goals and the effective use of dialogue. Written by an experienced classroom teacher, all of the classroom-ready strategies are in line with the National Curriculum and are tailored for every Key Stage and ability level, making this the ideal time-saving resource for any primary teacher and any writing scheme.

Writing is one of four skills in English that have to be mastered by foreign language learners. In the English language, writing can be the most difficult skill because of how writers have to apply their ideas to produce good writing. Not only that, but to produce good writing we also have to have good grammar skills so that our writing will be correct.