LEARN HOW TO WRITE LIKE THE EXPERTS, FROM THE EXPERTS. In Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook, you'll find practical advice in a perfect package for young aspiring writers. After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block. Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.

Can't seem to finish your story or novel? Maybe you got stuck halfway through? Or maybe your story idea hasn't even made it to the page yet. Award-winning author Ellen Potter helps young writers recapture their creativity. Serious writing advice in a seriously fun format. Writer's First Aid Kit will show you how to . . .?Get started.?Figure out which story ideas to pursue and which to ditch.?Keep writing when you think you can't.?Go to school, work a part-time job, walk the dog, tend to personal hygiene, and yes, still find time to write.?Deal with distraction, boredom, frustration, and self-doubt.?Find the perfect ending?Know when you're ready to share your work.?Connect to publishing resources.

Suggests helpful procedures and approaches for the beginning writer in areas of interest such as the journal, letter writing, creative writing, school reports, topics and experiments, editing, and publishing.

Can't seem to finish your story or novel? Maybe you got stuck halfway through? Or maybe your story idea hasn't even made it to the page yet. Award-winning author Ellen Potter helps young writers recapture their creativity. Serious writing advice in a seriously fun format. Writer's First Aid Kit will show you how to . . .?Get started.?Figure out which story ideas to pursue and which to ditch.?Keep writing when you think you can't.?Go to school, work a part-time job, walk the dog, tend to personal hygiene, and yes, still find time to write.?Deal with distraction, boredom, frustration, and self-doubt.?Find the perfect ending?Know when you're ready to share your work.?Connect to publishing resources.

Resource for young writers which includes several web references and a chapter entitled "How to get published."

Provides a handbook on writing, including how to build paragraphs, build essays, journal writing, poetry writing, and writing techniques.