We specialize in hard to find items
All Categories
*Price and Stocks may change without prior notice
*Packaging of actual item may differ from photo shown
- Electrical items MAY be 110 volts.
- 7 Day Return Policy
- All products are genuine and original
About Dear Ally, How Do You Write A Book
Product Description From bestselling author Ally Carter, the definitive guide to writing a novel for the NaNoWriMo generation, including helpful tips from other YA stars. Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career, bestselling author Ally Carter is ready to help you make your work shine. With honesty, encouragement, and humor, Ally's ready here to answer the questions that writers struggle with the most.Filled with practical tips and helpful advice, Dear Ally is a treasure for aspiring writers at any stage of their careers. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at how books get made, from idea to publication, and gives you insight into the writing processes of some of the biggest and most talented YA authors writing today. From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—Carter and a host of popular young adult authors answer young people's questions about how to write, edit, publish, and promote a book. These varying perspectives offer practical advice from how to create diversity in characters without stereotyping or appropriating to how to write professionally. While Carter answers the bulk of the questions from her own experience, the guests' contributions offer a balanced approach and ensure multiple viewpoints from this field. For instance, David Levithan shares his perspective on writing characters who are unlike himself, Zoraida Cordova writes about how her world-building informs her characters' development, and Marie Lu shares the secrets to creating multidimensional villains. While the structure is logical and organized, there are some issues with clarity. Carter's sections differ from her guest's by a slight change in font, making it unclear at times who is answering the question. Aside from that, however, this book is an informative, conversational, and varied introduction to the world of writing. VERDICT Young writers will devour this fun and engaging guide to the creative process.—Leighanne Law, Scriber Lake High School, WA Review "What Stephen King did for adult writers in On Writing...Carter does for aspiring teen authors." -Booklist, starred review "Bestselling author Ally Carter, with contributions from 29 other well-known young adult authors, provides practical tips and helpful advice for aspiring authors at any stage in their careers. . . . the breezy format and comprehensiveness of the advice along with the bestselling YA authors contributing to the title makes this a good choice for public and school library collections."-School Library Connection "Presented in an accessible question-and-answer format, Carter walks young readers comprehensibly and comprehensively through the steps of writing a novel, beginning with planning, worldbuilding, characters, and plot and ending with editing and a wholly realistic look at publishing. Breezy and honest, she encourages her audience to focus on the joy of writing, not the potential monetary rewards, and stresses repeatedly that there are many different ways to approach a story . . . Written in a friendly style, this guide contains plenty of information and encouragement; fledging writers are well-served." - Kirkus "While writing guides abound, few authors for teens go as deeply into the profession of being a writer as this one. Organized around questions about everything from where to find inspiration to how to create believable characters, worlds, and event-driven plots, from how to overcome writer's block to how a book goes through the publishing process and what an agent's cut is, Carter intersperses advice drawn from her own experience with insets from thirty other well-known YA writers . . . a handy book to have in
