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 you're 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. Here's a sample of what you'll 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
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Heather Wright is a teacher and writer living in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Her work can be found in local and national publications and on the Web. She is a member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada, CANSCAIP and SCBWI. Heather received a Writers' Reserve grant from the Ontario Arts Council in 2010 for her Young Adult novel-in-progress.
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Heather Wright loves writing for children and teens, and presenting creative writing workshops for writers of all ages. She is a big fan of mystery novels and really enjoyed writing Sherlock Holmes and the Orphanage Mystery, which was recently published by the JLS Storybook Project. She loves doing research, too, and has had a lot of fun writing many short stories for Kayak: Canada's history magazine for kids. Recently she received her second Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve grant for an anthology for young readers that she is co-writing. She is also working on a sequel to The Dragon's Pearl.
If you're a teen (or know one) who loves to write, Heather has also published Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. For reviews of this book, please visit http://wrightingwords.wordpress.com. If you love to write but are stuck for story ideas, check out 201 Writing Prompts, which Heather published in 2013.
Heather is also a freelance writer who writes for business and non-profits. Her work has been published on the Web and by local, Canadian, and US publications.
