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Van Draanen, Wendelin, author.
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Van Draanen, Wendelin -- Juvenile literature.
Authors -- Vocational guidance -- Juvenile literature.
Authorship -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.
Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
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Hope in the mail : r...
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Hope in the mail : reflections on writing and life / Wendelin Van Draanen.
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Van Draanen, Wendelin, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]
Subjects
Van Draanen, Wendelin -- Juvenile literature.
Authors -- Vocational guidance -- Juvenile literature.
Authorship -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.
Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781984894663 (hardcover) :
1984894668 (hardcover)
Description:
284, [11] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
I-Your vault : Writer's gold -- Out of the ashes -- Putting hope in the mail -- Today could be the day -- Defining moments -- Patching bullet holes -- Shifting gears -- II-Writing : Finding your voice -- Fundamentals -- Characters around you -- Growing pains -- Knock-knock -- Backstory -- Trees and rocks -- Villains -- Setting -- Pet pigs and other distractions -- Beginning with the ending -- Infamous sagging middle -- Theme -- Hidden architecture -- Dialogue -- Writing chops -- III-Being a writer : Becoming a finisher -- Revision as archenemy -- Revise, rinse, repeat -- Writer's block -- Little about research -- IV-Special cases : Mysteries -- Series is born -- World-building -- Chapter books -- Sequels -- V-Seeds and sprouts : Origin stories -- Boy scout vs. hoodlum -- Flipped -- Breakfast in Birmingham -- Swear to Howdy -- Starting line -- Running Dream -- Memory camp -- Secret Life of Lincoln Jones -- Bridge out -- Wild Bird -- VI-Peek behind the curtain : Because you asked -- Publishing limbo -- Day I met my editor -- Sequel about a sequel -- First arrival -- Editors -- Agents -- Copy editors -- Book covers and illustrations -- Basic finance -- Traditional publishing v. self-publishing -- VII-Final thoughts : Dodging death -- Be the oxygen.
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"Wendelin Van Draanen didn't grow up wanting to be a writer, but thirty books later, she's convinced that writing saved her life. Or, at least, saved her from a life of bitterness and despair. Writing helped her sort out what she thought and felt and wanted. And digging deep into fictional characters helped her understand the real people in her life better as well"--Amazon.com.
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Aina Haina Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
808.02 Va
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
YA -- Nonfiction
808.02 Va
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Hawaii State Library
YA -- Nonfiction
808.02 Va
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Kapolei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
808.02 Va
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Pahoa P/S Library
YA -- Nonfiction
808.02 Vitamin D
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