The Teenage Writer: A Guide to Writing for School and Creativity

An accessible guide to help teenagers improve all aspects of their writing skills, from preparing a research paper to creating works of fiction
Writing well is a worthwhile skill for anyone to master, but it is especially important for teenagers. To be successful, young adults must write for school, college, and employment; and sometimes, young adults write to be creative or to express themselves. Despite this, most teens don?t know how to write well, and this can be a source of great frustration and stress.
In The Teenage Writer: A Guide to Writing for School and Creativity, Dr. Timothy Horan presents a remedy for this deficiency. He starts from a belief that all teens are writers at heart?whether they are writing for fun or for school?and can develop their skills and writing potential through proper instruction and practice. Written with a light touch, Horan uses experience, compassion, and humor to make all aspects of writing transparent and understandable. In this book, for example, he provides readers