Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink

Reviewed by: Terri Bauld - Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, Kennebunkport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 12, 2016

Review

A companion book to Writing Magic!, this is an important read for anyone who dreams of becoming a writer. This book provides plenty of valuable writing insights from Newbery winner, Gail Carson Levine who obviously knows firsthand how to write a good book.

Presented in an easy to follow format, coupled with plenty of humor to keep the story matter lively, the book covers a great deal of material without getting bogged down. Text is broken up into short chapters that cover all aspects of writing -- from character building, the writing process, plot, various aspects of a story, to steps on writing poetry, and being a writer and blogger. Writing assignments are given on each topic. Readers are encouraged to have fun, and save what they write throughout the book.

The target audience of this book is grade 4 to 6 but I would suggest this book would be a better fit for grades 5 through middle school.

This book also support the common core state standards.

Overall Book Score: good