Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine
2015; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 68; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2015.0091
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Publishing and Scholarly Communication
ResumoReviewed by: Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine Karen Coats Levine, Gail Carson Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink. Harper/HarperCollins, 2014 295p Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-06-227530-1 $16.99 Paper ed. ISBN 978-0-06-227529-5 $6.99 R Gr. 6-12 In 2009, Gail Carson Levine began a blog that became a writer’s advice column in response to her readership. This book represents a best-of collection of the entries in that blog, but the posts have been expanded, shaped, and collected into coherent topics ranging from the many ways a writer might schedule her writing time, to places to get ideas, to developing character, plot, and other aspects of story, to tips on achieving clarity in your prose. In addition to these post gleanings, Levine has added chapters on poetry writing and on blogging itself. As with her previous writer’s advice book, Writing Magic (BCCB 1/07), each chapter ends with a set of prompts for practicing the principles discussed in the chapter, along with her two rules, “Have fun, and save what you write!” In this title, however, she quotes directly from people who have posted questions to the blog as her impetus for each chapter’s subject matter, and while the book may be entered at any chapter, the prompts themselves often build cumulatively on the story snippets she uses to inspire and illustrate her points. The snippets themselves are marvelously diverse, opening the possibilities for writing in a multitude of genres. By the end of the book, if a reader has faithfully followed her instruction, he or she will be well on the way to becoming a writer. Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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