Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly (Paperback)


Reading Level 9 - 12, For Grades 5 and Up.


Levine, best known forElla Enchanted (1997), offers middle-graders ideas about making their own writing take flight. Though her concentration is primarily fiction, she notes that her suggestions can help all sorts of writing. Among the topics she covers are shaping characters, beginnings and endings, revising, and finding ideas. But the best part of Levine's book is her honesty as she shares with children the truth that there are no perfect books, that rejection can be as useful as success, and that you thank the creative part of you by using the ideas that it sends. She even dips into the details of getting published, which will inspire the most serious in the audience. Each chapter concludes with writing exercises, some surprisingly inviting, all of which end with the injunctions: "Have fun" and "Save what you write." A terrific item to have on hand for writing groups or for individual young writers who want to improve. Ilene Cooper

From the Reviews:

Although the book is geared toward younger readers / writers, most reviewers suggested that anyone might benefit from the book. Many suggested they could tell an improved difference in their child's writing after reading and using the book. Reviewers in education suggested that it is great for the classroom. Most everyone says the book is well organized. I didn't see any bad reviews.

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Asin 0060519606


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Reading level: Ages 9-12

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Collins (September 19, 2006)
Language: English