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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
This was SO good and I strongly recommend if you’re a writer (or if you just want a better way of seeing the world around you). We’re all surrounded by stories and this was a wonderful reminder of that.
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A YA nonfiction how-to guide for young writers.
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In this book young adults will learn how to craft a story from beginning to end while @rutasepetysauthor shares stories from her own life and memories. Everything from plot to characterization to voice to dialogue is covered in this title.
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This is a masterful guide for teens to learn the craft of writing, while also making it humorous and fun to learn from. The audiobook was read by the author, who did a fabulous job. Thank you @librofm for the ALC and @starr_librarian for recommending it for my 24 to read in 2024!
I see the value in a title like this, but I just was not the target audience as an adult who has no interest in learning to write 😂
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In this book young adults will learn how to craft a story from beginning to end while @rutasepetysauthor shares stories from her own life and memories. Everything from plot to characterization to voice to dialogue is covered in this title.
📝
This is a masterful guide for teens to learn the craft of writing, while also making it humorous and fun to learn from. The audiobook was read by the author, who did a fabulous job. Thank you @librofm for the ALC and @starr_librarian for recommending it for my 24 to read in 2024!
I see the value in a title like this, but I just was not the target audience as an adult who has no interest in learning to write 😂
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I was expecting a book on writing with steps, advice, and all the things I’ve come to expect from these types of books. It was that and more. It drew me in and became a sort of self help book (in a good way).
This is a book on writing, self help, autobiographical, and funny book. I’d recommend this to anyone.
This is a book on writing, self help, autobiographical, and funny book. I’d recommend this to anyone.
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I purchased this book on a whim with really no context, except that it’s the story of YOU. I love reading and don’t have the intention to ever write a book, but this book offered so much insight on the writing process - - it was more than that though, it was filled with heart and empathy. “We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story.” - Maxine Kumin. I will definitely pick up Ruta Sepetys’ book, Between Shades of Gray, to learn a little about my own Lithuanian ancestors.
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I spent the last few weeks in the world of Ruta Sepetys, a Carnegie-winning historical fiction marvel I always had in my TBR but only managed to read now.
You’ll see reviews of I Must Betray You, Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray on my grid this week, and I wanted to make sure I ended my reads with this: Ruta’s latest book (nonfiction) You, The Story.
In this, she builds a systematic arc for telling a tale based on our own experiences, but teaches the reader how to tease out the remarkable from the seemingly mundane.
“So I raise guffaws to the gods, acknowledging that our ridiculousness can be riotous.”
Having read her fiction titles, I became invested now in her as a writer. So I also enjoyed reading this as her story: growing up as a child of Lithuanian and German American parents and vignettes of her “poop cocoon” 🫣 as well as interning with a music band.
I am most entranced by her words, and I call out unrestrainedly to all writers to read just one of her titles, to see what I mean 📚
“Regardless of genre, I do strive for a stylistic voice with my novels: an economy of phrasing. I try to pack a punch with simplicity and the fewest words possible.”
You’ll see reviews of I Must Betray You, Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray on my grid this week, and I wanted to make sure I ended my reads with this: Ruta’s latest book (nonfiction) You, The Story.
In this, she builds a systematic arc for telling a tale based on our own experiences, but teaches the reader how to tease out the remarkable from the seemingly mundane.
“So I raise guffaws to the gods, acknowledging that our ridiculousness can be riotous.”
Having read her fiction titles, I became invested now in her as a writer. So I also enjoyed reading this as her story: growing up as a child of Lithuanian and German American parents and vignettes of her “poop cocoon” 🫣 as well as interning with a music band.
I am most entranced by her words, and I call out unrestrainedly to all writers to read just one of her titles, to see what I mean 📚
“Regardless of genre, I do strive for a stylistic voice with my novels: an economy of phrasing. I try to pack a punch with simplicity and the fewest words possible.”
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