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    Writing Fiction: a Hands-On Guide for Teens: Canadian Edition
    Writing Fiction: a Hands-On Guide for Teens: Canadian Edition
    Writing Fiction: a Hands-On Guide for Teens: Canadian Edition
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    Writing Fiction: a Hands-On Guide for Teens: Canadian Edition

    By Heather Wright

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    How do I begin my novel? How do I write convincing dialogue? Where can I get an idea for a story? How do I keep motivated?

    If youre a young writer, answers to these questions and more can be found in Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. Written by a writer for writers, this book was created just for you by someone who believes in young writers and who also likes to have some fun along the way. Heres a sample of what youll find inside.

    Stuck for a Story Idea?
    Who, What, Where, When
    Who: Your Characters
    What: Your Plot
    Where and When: Your Setting
    Ways to Start a Story with Character, Action or Setting
    Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read
    Connecting With Other Writers

    And much more

    This book is a helpful and practical resource when youre stuck on an aspect of writing or when you want to start a new project. Read a 4-star review of the book at Canadian Materials, Manitoba Library Association http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol17/no5/writingfiction.html

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJun 2, 2010
    ISBN9781450225434
    Writing Fiction: a Hands-On Guide for Teens: Canadian Edition
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    Heather Wright

    Heather Wright is an Amazon bestseller and busy freelance writer. Heather writes for three audiences: 1) business people looking for tips to help them become better communicators in print and in person, 2) writers of all ages, and 3) teachers of English and Language Arts. Heather worked for many years in companies, both local and global in scope, and now runs her own freelance writing business. Through these experiences, she developed her own communications skill set that she now shares in her Better Business Communications books and with her students, in the classroom, as well as, in the workplace. Heather's stories for children and teens have been published in Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Teens and by Carmel Tree Publishing. Heather enjoys presenting writing workshops for writers of all ages, and has done many over the years through her associations with the Canadian Authors' Association and the Professional Writers' Association of Canada. She is the author of 201 Writing Prompts, Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens, Writing Fiction: A Guide for Pre-Teens, as well as fiction for teen and pre-teen readers. http://www.wrightingwords.com Heather has received three Writer's Reserve grants from the Ontario Arts Council for ongoing work on books for teens.

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      Book preview

      Writing Fiction - Heather Wright

      Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens

      Copyright © 2010 by Heather Wright

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4502-2542-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4502-2543-4 (ebook)

      iUniverse rev. date: 5/19/2010

      This book is dedicated to my husband, my son, and my mom—with enormous thanks for their unrelenting support.

      Acknowledgements

      I’d like to thank my friend Jean for her ongoing encouragement and feedback. I’d like to thank the Storytellers for their support and the members of the Guelph and Waterloo Region branches of the Professional Writers Association of Canada for giving me the incentive to earn part of my living as a professional writer. I’d also like to thank Mike and Jean Leslie for giving me the chance to write the Write Angles column for What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens, which became the backbone of this book.

      About Me (Or, The Page You Show the Parental Unit So That He or She Will Buy You the Book)

      Why did I write this book? Because, like many writers, teachers, and editors, I believe in young writers. Young writers are capable, talented, and full of rich ideas for stories, and I love to be a part of those stories coming to life.

      Here’s some information about me. I am a teacher, currently teaching Communications at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. I taught high-school English for over 15 years. I can analyze Shakespeare and parse a sentence with the best of them. I have a freelance writing business and write for the Web and for national and local publications. I was also awarded a Writers’ Reserve Grant in 2009–2010 by the Ontario Arts Council for a young adult novel in progress.

      I love working with young writers and for four years had a how-to-write column in What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens. I taught a summer writing program at the art camp at the Homer Watson Gallery and have done school visits to talk about the life of a writer. I can’t imagine my life without talking to young people about writing, watching them get motivated and empowered, and reading the great work that they produce.

      I am a member of the Professional Writers’ Association of Canada and the Canadian Society for Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers. You can check out the professional side of my writing life at www.wrightwriter.com.

      Please visit http://wrightingwords.wordpress.com, which is the site dedicated to this book. There you will find updated links, blogs about the book, a place to just say hello, and instructions for reaching me for virtual or in-person school visits and workshops.

      Those are the bits you need to show the parental unit.

      The rest is between you and me.

      Between you and me, I love to write. Between you and me, the most fun I ever had as a teacher was in writing class. I love what young writers bring to the table. It inspires me, intimidates me, and makes me want to do my best work.

      I’m hoping that my best work is this book, because I believe in you.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Setting Goals

      My Goals

      Meeting Your Goals

      Brain-Dump System

      Stuck for a Story Idea?

      Suggestion #1

      Suggestion #2

      Who, What, Where, When

      Who: Your Characters

      Character Sketch

      Seasons Change and So Should Your Characters

      What: Your Plot

      Hero’s Journey in Transformers and Princess Diaries

      Where and When: Your Setting

      Ways to Start a Story

      With Character

      With Action

      With Setting

      Dialogue

      Rule 1

      Rule 2

      Rule 3

      Point of View

      Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read

      Watch the Was’s and Is’s

      Seven Editing Questions and Why You Need to Ask Them

      Connecting With Other Writers

      Inspiration: Be Ready For It!

      Beat Writer’s Block by Playing Your Cards Right

      Keeping the Writer in You Motivated

      Last Words

      REFERENCES

      Introduction

      I want to talk to you, writer to writer, about how you can write your best story possible. I want you to feel successful and professional and to have the tools that will help you write something that others will

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