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    Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories
    Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories
    Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories
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    Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories

    By Jack Gantos

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    The Newbery Award–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical creative writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book.

    With the signature wit and humor that have garnered him legions of fans, Jack Gantos instructs young writers on using their "writing radar" to unearth story ideas from their everyday lives. Incorporating his own misadventures as a developing writer, Gantos inspires readers to build confidence and establish good writing habits as they create, revise, and perfect their stories. Pop-out text boxes highlight key tips, alongside Gantos's own illustrations, sample stories, and snippets from his childhood journals. More than just a how-to guide, Writing Radar is a celebration of the power of storytelling and an ode to the characters who—many unwittingly—inspired Gantos's own writing career.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 29, 2017
    ISBN9780374304577
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    Jack Gantos

    Jack Gantos is the celebrated author of Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor Book. He is also the author of the popular picture books about Rotten Ralph, and Jack's Black Book, the latest in his acclaimed series of semi-autobiographical story collections featuring his alter ego, Jack Henry. Mr. Gantos lives with his wife and daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.

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