Practice, practice, practice. 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.Includes: Examples from his writing and reading experiencesWalter's six-box and four-box outli...

Practice, practice, practice. 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.Includes: Examples from his writing and reading experiencesWalter's six-box and four-box outlines for writing fiction and nonfictionExcerpted pages from Walter's own notebooks An afterword by Ross Workman, Walter's teen coauthor of kickWriting tips from both Walter and Ross

Anyone can be a writer, with a little help from Walter Dean Myers