Writing stories is like having an adventure. Your imagination can take you anywhere. Yet not every kid finds story writing easy. Sometimes getting started can feel too hard. Making it to The End can look impossible. Just Write can help to kick-start the process. Find out how to come up with ideas, create interesting characters, paint word pictures and more in this easy-to-follow guide full of activities and helpful examples. Presented in a friendly, conversational style by a multi-published children's author, it offers a simple process for children to turn 'I can't write stories' into 'I can be a writer.' Teena Raffa-Mulligan has been presenting workshops and creative writing sessions to encourage young people to write their own stories ever since the publication of her first picture book in 1981. Her many publications for children include poems, short stories, picture books, YA and middle grade novels. She also enjoyed a long career writing for and editing magazines and local newspapers

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