01955cam a2200337 i 4500 356677764 TxAuBib 20180913120000.0 170410s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016057821 9780374304560 Oclc: #964334234 0374304564 Oclc: #964334234 TxAuBib rda Gantos, Jack. Writing radar : using your journal to snoop out and craft great stories / Jack Gantos. First edition. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. xx, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Before writing, there was storytelling -- Trust me -- Getting started -- The best journal in the world is yours -- Turning on and fine-tuning your writing radar -- Story hunting and gathering -- The writing journal in action -- "I'll kill you", said my sister -- The oath -- Blank state -- Story maps -- Action and emotion -- Power! -- Good habits lead to great inspiration -- Story structure and story elements -- Putting my oath to the test -- The follower -- Breaking it down -- My first reader teaches me a lesson -- Focused drafts -- A parting surprise -- A final word -- Writing connections. The Newbery Award-winning author...shares advice for how to be the "best" brilliant writer in this funny and practical creative writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book. 9-12. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.1 5.0 190609. 20181103. Authorship Vocational guidance Juvenile literature. Authorship. Creative writing Juvenile literature. Creative writing.