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Picture Writing (Write for Kids Library) [Paperback]

Anastasia Suen (Author)
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1582970726 978-1582970721 January 1, 2003 First edition.
Picture Writing is the newest book in the Write for Kids Library. In this book, successful children's book author Anastasia Suen shows readers how to use descriptive language to create vivid stories for kids. Like the other books in the Write for Kids Library, Picture Writing takes a hands-on approach. Two features of this book - the Try It Yourself exercises and the words of advice from other successful authors - have become staples of the Writer's Digest Write for Kids Library. These features complement the basic instruction, helping writers to practice what they've learned even as they're still reading the book, and provide sparks for new projects. Picture Writing will give children's book writers the tools they need to create and use description in their own writing.


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About the Author

Anastasia Suen is the author of 34 books for children. A certified teacher, she talks about books with children and adults at schools, libraries, bookstores and conferences.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Writers Digest Books; First edition. edition (January 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1582970726
  • ISBN-13: 978-1582970721
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Who is Anastasia Suen?

a) Author of 133 books for children and adults

b) A literacy blogger

c) Children's literature consultant

d) A former K,1,5, & 6 teacher who visits schools to teach the six traits of writing

e) Workshop instructor for SMU and online who teaches adults how to write for children

f) All of the above

The answer is: (f) All of the above.

 

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT WAY TO HAVE THIS CHILDREN'S WRITER WORK WITH YOU!, January 15, 2003
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This review is from: Picture Writing (Write for Kids Library) (Paperback)
Reading and using this book is almost the same as taking Anastasia's online Intensive Picture Book courses. In fact in some ways it's like taking IPB 3 ! Anastasia leads writers a few steps further than many "how to write for children" books do. The exercises help you study and discover what works while they also set up habits of keeping a writer's journal for you to think about your writing process, and a reader's log to keep track of what you've read. There's something for everyone- from board books to YA, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Make sure to check out the great info in marketing and in each appendix!
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An INCREDIBLE book!!!, January 24, 2003
This review is from: Picture Writing (Write for Kids Library) (Paperback)
This is the BEST book ever written on the art of writing for children and young adults - and I have read most of them! Suen provides essential insider information that gives aspiring authors the confidence to pursue their writing dreams. If you want to write for young people - whether infants or high schoolers - you must read this book!!!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Information, September 3, 2011
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This book is full of very good information on how to write for children. The author covers fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and she stresses how the subconscious can work on solving a writing problem, which I think is a wise way to look at how writers overcome their plot problems. My only complaint about this book is that, because each of the four major sections (Plot; Character; Setting; Putting It All Together) covers first Fiction, then Nonfiction, then Poetry, it feels as if the book is jumping all over the place, back and forth, back and forth. The book would probably be easier to read and certainly easier to consult as a refresher if Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry each had their own sections, all to themselves. Recommended.
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