Spilling Ink

Practical advice for young aspiring writers.

In Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook, you'll learn how to write like the experts—with a little help from the experts.

After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice, accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block. Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.

Illustrations by Matt Phelan