The Creative Writer, Level One: Five Finger Exercise

In this creative writing curriculum for middle schoolers (roughly 6th- to 9th-grade), young writers of fiction and poetry learn vital skills such as point of view, characterization, plotting, dialogue, and description. Simple but innovative exercises encourage young writers to strengthen their vocabulary and become aware of the patterns of sentences.

Unlike most “how to write” books, The Creative Writer is designed to be used in a mentor/student relationship, with teaching, guidance, and evaluation tips provided for the mentor or teacher. The Creative Writer, Level One can be used as a complement to thenon-fiction writing book, Writing With Skill, or it can be used on its own.

Copyright 2012, The Well-Trained Mind Press, workbook, 150 pages.