Write Your Own Story Book

By (author) Louie Stowell; By (author) Stowell Louie; Illustrated by Lovell Katie
Short description/annotation:
Suitable for aspiring young writers, this activity book is full of hints, tips and handy tasks for writing stories. It includes writing tips, techniques and methods to make every story a masterpiece, with helpful activities on coming up with ideas, writing from different points of view, and creating characters, settings and story lines.
Description:

A fantastic write-in book that helps children learn to write their own stories.

Includes lots of different writing activities including a fictional school journal, writing a comic strip, and forming a story around a picture. Packed with writing tips and a ''storywriting toolkit'' to inspire budding authors. Concealed spiral binding that allows the book to open flat but doesn''t get in the way as you write.

Perfectly complemented by Usborne''s Write Your Own Story Word Book, an inspiring write-in book that helps children find the right words for engaging stories.

Review quote:
''A writing workshop in book form'' - Bookfest; ''A truly creative book that is bound to inspire the JK Rowlings and Jacqueline Wilsons of the future'' - tBk magazine; ''Packed with ideas to get children''s imaginations flowing, from tips on characters, settings and story starter, to word lists and hints on titles. There are also plenty of blank lines, just begging to be written on'' - We Love This Book; ''Full of inspiring ideas for all sorts of stories, from super power adventures to time-travel mysteries. Guidance on how to get started and help with all the things a budding writer needs to think about. By the end of the summer holidays you could have written the next Harry Potter!'' - Baby and Me; ''For all budding story tellers, this is a must-have book: from simple story plans to techniques for more elaborate stories, your storytelling skills will jump to a different league'' - Angels and Urchins; ''This is such a fantastic tool that I can''t stop talking about it'' - 5 Minutes Peace blog; ''I wish I had had this fabulous book when I was young girl... an absolute gem for creative kids or for kids whose creativity needs a boost.'' - Book Reviews for Mums; ''Simply fantastic for encouraging budding young authors to write their very own masterpieces... a really superb and highly educational ''exercise'' book which not only gives children a fascinating insight into story writing and creation, but also encourages them to have a go themselves. This is definitely a personal favourite'' - First4Dads; ''Another gem from Usborne... includes a number of different writing activities, hints, tips and handy tasks all of which help inspire and guide your child on their creative path and aid their writing journey'' - The Little Book
Biographical note:
Louie Stowell has written dozens of non-fiction and story titles for Usborne, on everything from space science and coding to the human body and, now, politics. She is now Editorial Director at Ladybird, Penguin Random House and is currently working on four children''s fantasy novels.
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A fantastic write-in book that helps children learn to write their own stories.