BLAZING PENCILS is a practical, enjoyable guide to writing stories and essays. Based on a master teacher's decades of experience working with students of all ages, BLAZING PENCILS will encourage the aspiring young writer at every step of the process of creating fiction and nonfiction. This book offers clearly articulated concepts as well as time-tested suggestions and tips. Writing samples include quotations from the masters of English and American prose but also from dozens of young writers as they learn to master the literary arts.