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Nonfiction book on Writing
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JanaDiab
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Introduction.................................................................................................................3
Oh,ChooseYourWriting..............................................................................................3
Practice,Practice,Practice ...........................................................................................3
Wow,TypesofWriting.................................................................................................3
MoreWriting ...............................................................................................................4
Wow,SoManyChoices ................................................................................................4
StopSignals .................................................................................................................4
HowDoIStart?............................................................................................................5
Glossary .......................................................................................................................6
IntroductionShikkashikkashikka…wow,didyouhearthat?Thatwasanerasererasingasentence.Doyouwanttolearnaboutcatchystartsanddetailsinyourwriting?Whataboutpunctuation,wordchoice,topics,andhowtopractice?Oh,thereisonemorethingthatwillmakeyoujumparoundlikeamonkeyonatrampoline‐typesofwriting!Doyouwanttolearnaboutthesethings?Well,getyoureraseranderaseyourwayintothismagicalbook.
Oh,ChooseYourWritingOh,Iamchoosingmywriting.Fantastic!Icanwriteaboutthousandsofdifferenttopics.Letyourimaginationbeginandchooseanytopicintheuniverse.Wow,doyouknowwhattopicmeans?Itmeansitisasubjectyouwriteabout.Youcanpickyourwriting.Forexample,ImightwriteaboutpeoplewhoarespiesandIcanwriteaboutdancers,clumsypeople,orpeoplegettingintrouble.Icouldwriteaboutpeoplethataregoodorbad.Somepeopleliketowriteaboutweatherandsingers.Theworldisfullofideas–justpickone!
Practice,Practice,PracticeEverydayyouhavetostartpracticingwriting.Wow,Iwanttopracticewriting!Practice.Keeponpracticing.Practiceallyourlife.Ifyoupracticeyouwillbeanauthor.Youaregoingtohavethebesthandwritingintheworld!Youwillneverstopwriting…never,everinyourlife.Practice,practice,practice.Keeponwritingeveryday.Itisthebest!Nowyouknowthatyouhavetopracticeallthetimetobethebestwriter.
Wow,TypesofWritingDoyoulikefunnywriting,action,oranythingelse?Soifyoudo,getapaperandwriteaboutsomethingfunny,scary,romantic,exciting,orsomethingfilledwithaction.Doyouwanttolearnaboutfunnywriting?Funnywritingissuperfunny.Youcanmakepeoplelaughreallyhardbywritingjokesorfunnystories.Youcouldwrite
aromanticstoryaboutCupidwhoshootspeoplewithlovearrowsandmakesthemfallinlove.Youcouldwritescarystoriesaboutmonsters,goblins,ghosts,orvampires.YoucouldalsowriteaboutBloodyMary,TheExorcist,andChucky.AnexcitingstorymightbeaboutafamilytravelingtoNewYorkandthey’rereally,reallyexcitedbecausethereisabigcandyshopthatsellschocolates.Youcantellanactionstorywherepeopleareshootingandmakingbombs.Youcanshockpeoplebytheviolence.Didyouknowyoucanwriteaboutthingsthatareromanticorscaryorcrazy.Writingissofun.Therearethosetypesofwriting.Justmoveyourfingersandwillsay“Iwanttodoitagain.Iwanttodoitagain!”
MoreWritingWhyaredetailsimportant?Theyhelpthereadermakeapictureinhisreadwhenhereads.Ifthewriterincludesalotofdetailsinhiswriting,thereadercanmakeamovieinhisheadaboutthestory.Makingpicturesinyourheadhelpsyouunderstandthebookbetterandthenyoucanenjoyit.Youcanbrainstormdetailsbeforeyoustartwriting.Detailsareimportantbecausetheyhelpyouunderstandthestory.
Wow,SoManyChoicesDoyouknowhowtocatchareader’smindorpullherintoabook?Youwritewordsthatcatchthereader’simagination.Youcanwritewordsthatmightscareaperson.Youcanwritepeacefulwords.Youcanwritewordsthatshowactionlike“Boom!Boom!”Youcanwritesoundsthathelpthereadergetinterestedinthebook.Theseareallexamplesofwordchoice.Wordchoicemeansusingdescribingwordsthatcanbringthereaderintothebook.Nowyouknowthatyouhavetouseinterestingwordchoiceifyouwanttowriteabook.
StopSignalsPeriods,exclamationsmarks,commas,questionsmarks,andquotationmarksareallpunctuation.Ifyouwanttostopasentence,youhavetoputaperiodattheendofthesentence.Ifyouwantyourcharactertoscreamorsaysomethingloud,youputanexclamationmarkattheendofthesentence.Anexclamationmarkshowsthatyourcharacterisexcited.Acommaisusedwhenyoulistmanypeopleorthings.Theymakeyoutakeashortpausewhenyoureadthemoutloud.Ifyouaskaquestion,youhavetoputaquestionmarkattheendofthesentence.Ifsomeoneis
talking,youputquotationmarksaroundwhattheysaid.Thesearethemostcommonpunctuationmarksinelementaryschool.
HowDoIStart?Startyourwritingwithacatchystart.What’sacatchstart?Acatchystartisatthebeginningofyourwritinganditpullsthereaderintothebook.Youcanusesounds,questions,ordescriptions.Ifyoudon’thaveacatchystart,thereaderwon’tbeinterestedandwilljustputthebookaway.Ifyoudohaveacatchystart,thereaderwillkeepreadingthebooktotheendandfallinlovewiththebook.So,that’swhyyoualwayshavetoputacatchystartatthebeginningofyourstory.
Glossary
Catchystarts:itmeansthatyouwritesomethingthatgrabstheattentionofthereaderatthebeginningofthestory.Punctuation:isamarkinsentences.Forexample,commas,periods,exclamationpoints,andquestionmarksarealltypesofpunctuation.Wordchoice:whenyoucatchthereadersmindwithinterestingwordssotheykeepreading.Details:Practice:Typesofwriting:
