Just write : here's how / Walter Dean Myers ; [afterword by Ross Workman].

Author: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Collins, c2012.

ISBN: 9780062203892 (hbk.)
0062203894 (hbk.)
9780062203908 (pbk.)
0062203908 (pbk.)

Description: 161 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject: Teenagers Writing Juvenile literature.
Authorship Vocational guidance Juvenile literature.
Creative writing Handbooks, manuals, etc. Juvenile literature.
Authorship.
Creative writing.

Notes: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

Contents: Why I'm a writer -- Roll up your sleeves -- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue -- Hello, voices in my head -- Map it out -- Lights, camera, action! -- Nice to meet you -- What's going on? -- Where's the fire? -- What's it to you? -- Get it together -- So what are you going to do about it? -- Then what happened? -- For real? -- Check it out -- Discipline -- Leave your ego at the door-- Hey, get back here -- There's room on the page for the both of us -- Pick yourself up, dust yourself off -- Writing is good for you -- Who are you? -- Now you're a writer / by Ross Workman.

Summary: "What makes a writer? The desire to tell a story, a love of language, an eye for detail, practice, practice, practice. How well should you know your characters? Do you need to outline before you write? How important is length? Now Walter Dean Myers, the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, walks you through the writing process."--Amazon.com.