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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Having discussed the nuts and bolts of writing fiction in What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction, Newbery Honor author Bauer now delves into the more abstract aspects of the creative process. Drawing on her own experiences, the novelist examines the origins of inspiration and the subconscious drives that compel authors to write. She points out that many components of fiction-characters, settings, plot details-need not be autobiographical, yet the text does suggest that a story's meaning is directly linked to the unique experiences of its creator. Matching particular sections of her own works with the ideas or circumstances behind them, Bauer provides invaluable information for both writers and readers of fiction. As smoothly composed as What's Your Story?, this companion guide offers a frank, compelling analysis of the artistic imagination. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up?This title, which is neither exclusively nor even primarily for YAs, covers some of the same territory as What's Your Story? (Clarion, 1992), but the approach here is more personal. On one level, it is an autobiography. While the essential facts about the author's life are not always conventionally or chronologically presented, they are clearly accessible. But what makes the book unique is that it is an honest attempt to give readers an answer to the question, "How do you write?" Bauer says she can give her students the "mechanics" of writing, but finds that inspiration is up to them. However, she has the
Having discussed the nuts and bolts of writing fiction in What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction, Newbery Honor author Bauer now delves into the more abstract aspects of the creative process. Drawing on her own experiences, the novelist examines the origins of inspiration and the subconscious drives that compel authors to write. She points out that many components of fiction-characters, settings, plot details-need not be autobiographical, yet the text does suggest that a story's meaning is directly linked to the unique experiences of its creator. Matching particular sections of her own works with the ideas or circumstances behind them, Bauer provides invaluable information for both writers and readers of fiction. As smoothly composed as What's Your Story?, this companion guide offers a frank, compelling analysis of the artistic imagination. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up?This title, which is neither exclusively nor even primarily for YAs, covers some of the same territory as What's Your Story? (Clarion, 1992), but the approach here is more personal. On one level, it is an autobiography. While the essential facts about the author's life are not always conventionally or chronologically presented, they are clearly accessible. But what makes the book unique is that it is an honest attempt to give readers an answer to the question, "How do you write?" Bauer says she can give her students the "mechanics" of writing, but finds that inspiration is up to them. However, she has the