Taking aspiring writers on a journey from character profiling to poetry to blogging, Creative Writing Book from Usborne offers a plethora of information, tips, tools, and writing space for expanding your writing abilities and cultivating creativity. Although the central focus is on storywriting—characters, plot, dialogue, POV, genre—a variety of other types of writing are covered, including screenplays, persuasive writing, comics, journaling, poetry, shock journalism, and blogging. Each topic is well-organized with simple text, plentiful graphics, thoughtful prompts, and writing space (though exercises could also easily be completed in a separate notebook if desired). Any young writer will be equipped with the tools and inspiration they need to put pen to paper.
Although online safety is mentioned in the overview on blogging, students are also told later in the book to post their stories online as a way to get feedback. Parents, however, may want to supervise their student when navigating online territory. 96 pages, hardcover.