Finalist in the NZ Post Book Awards, Non Fiction category.
By Brigid Lowry Published by Allen & Unwin, 2008
This useful book is crammed full of practical ideas to get the teenager’s creative juices flowing. What do you need to begin? Where can you find ideas? How can you make your writing better? What can you do if you get stuck? Brigid Lowry’s inspiring style of writing, encourages the young reader to open their minds, choose one of the many ideas, starters or exercises and get writing. In the contents section she has some quirky titles like 'Sunflower and seeds' (writing is a bit like gardening), 'Real juicy' (tell it like it is), and 'Getting juicy on the net' about surfing the Internet for research, blogging, writers' websites etc. to capture the imagination. For teenagers (or any age) who think they may like to start writing this is definitely an ideal book to dip into for both inspiration and techniques.
Reviewed by Joy
1 comments:
I recently had this recommended to me by a year 6 girl who brought me her copy to read. I immediately saw its worth after initially rejecting it when I read a short review. I'm glad we now have it for our primary level library especially as the year 5 and 6 pupils are looking at writing skills at the moment. Brigid gave a very lucid and enthusiastic talk on writing at the Ak Writers and Readers Festival and much of her advice is encapsulated here.
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