Just Write: Here's How!

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Includes:
Examples from his writing and reading experiences
Walters Six Box and Four Box Outlines for writing fiction and nonfiction
Excerpted pages from Walters own notebooks
Afterword by teen author Ross Workman
Writing tips from both Walter and Ross, his teen coauthor of Kick

Students have told me that if not for Myerss books, they would not read.Jessica Fenster-Sparber, Library Coordinator, Passages Academy

Advance praise for All the Right Stuff:
All the Right Stuff will introduce readers to the social contract debate within political philosophywhile demonstrating that books can be as alluring as smartphones and other high-tech distractions.Peter Minowitz, Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University

Praise for We Are America:
Few will be unmoved by this stirring and provocative collaboration.PW (starred review)

Stunning.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Praise for Kick:
A masterful collaboration...that will inspire readers of any age.Family Circle

The respective voices and characters play off each other as successfully as a winning, high-stakes soccer match. How about another collaborationALA Booklist

With Myers, there are always many layers beneath the surface of the story, and this is no exception. Workman offers a fresh voice as Kevin and more than holds his own as a writer, writing alongside an icon of young adult literature.VOYA

An involving blend of mystery and sports, ably delivered in two convincing voices.BCCB

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Myers offers a wealth of advice that is professional and pragmatic and often couched in the context of his own work...Feeling that books saved his life, Myers now gives his readers the same opportunity through his advice and his largehearted example. Booklist

Author Bio

Michael L. Printz Award winner and Margaret A. Edwards Award recipient Walter Dean Myers is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. He is the author of Handbook for Boys; Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam; Monster; Bad Boy: A Memoir; and the Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He lives in Jersey City, NJ, with his family. You can visit Walter Dean Myers online at www.walterdeanmyersbooks.com.