Title Hope in the mail : reflections on writing and life / Wendelin Van Draanen.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
	©2020

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Teen	TEEN 808.02 VAN DRAANEN	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department	TEEN 808.02 VAN	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult	YA 808.02 VAN	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Teen	YA 808.02 VAN	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note	"Borzoi Book."
Summary	"Wendelin Van Draanen didn't grow up wanting to be a writer, but thirty books later, she's convinced that writing saved her life. Or, at least, saved her from a life of bitterness and despair. Writing helped her sort out what she thought and felt and wanted. And digging deep into fictional characters helped her understand the real people in her life better as well"--Amazon.com.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	I-Your vault : Writer's gold -- Out of the ashes -- Putting hope in the mail -- Today could be the day -- Defining moments -- Patching bullet holes -- Shifting gears -- II-Writing : Finding your voice -- Fundamentals -- Characters around you -- Growing pains -- Knock-knock -- Backstory -- Trees and rocks -- Villains -- Setting -- Pet pigs and other distractions -- Beginning with the ending -- Infamous sagging middle -- Theme -- Hidden architecture -- Dialogue -- Writing chops -- III-Being a writer : Becoming a finisher -- Revision as archenemy -- Revise, rise, repeat -- Writer's block -- Little about research -- IV-Special cases : Mysteries -- Series is born -- World-building -- Chapter books -- Sequels -- V-Seeds and sprouts : Origin stories -- Boy scout vs. hoodlum -- Flipped -- Breakfast in Birmingham -- Swear to Howdy -- Starting line -- Running Dream -- Memory camp -- Secret Life of Lincoln Jones -- Bridge out -- Wild Bird -- VI-Peek behind the curtain : Because you asked -- Publishing limbo -- Day I met my editor -- Sequel about a sequel -- First arrival -- Editors -- Agents -- Copy editors -- Book covers and illustrations -- Basic finance -- Traditional publishing -- VII-Final thoughts : Dodging death -- Be the oxygen.
Subject	Van Draanen, Wendelin.
	Authors -- Vocational guidance.
	Authorship -- Technique.
	Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
	Authorship.
	Van Draanen, Wendelin. (OCoLC)fst01526502
	Authors -- Vocational guidance. (OCoLC)fst00821728
	Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
	Authorship -- Technique. (OCoLC)fst00822480
Genre/Form	Young adult literature.
	Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
	Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Young adult nonfiction.
	Instructional and educational works.
	Handbooks and manuals.
ISBN	9781984894663 (hardcover)
	1984894668 (hardcover)
	9781984894670 (lib. bdg.)
	1984894676 (lib. bdg.)

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