JUST WRITE: HERE'S HOW

Practice, practice, practice. Now Walter Dean Myers, the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, walks you through the writing process.

Includes: • Examples from his writing and reading experiences • Walter's six-box and four-box outlines for writing fiction and nonfiction • Excerpted pages from Walter's own notebooks • An afterword by Ross Workman, Walter's teen coauthor of kick • Writing tips from both Walter and Ross Anyone can be a writer, with a little help from Walter Dean Myers.

Walter Dean Myers is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, New York Times bestselling author of Monster, and winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award. The critically acclaimed author of Kick, Lockdown, Dope Sick, Game, Street Love, The Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Handbook for Boys, and Bad Boy, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. Walter's novel shooter is the inspiration for the film Case 219. His latest picture-book collaboration with his son, Christopher Myers, We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart, is a love letter to the United States that reimagines what it means to be an American. Visit www.who-is-america.com to find out more. Walter lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.