Rip the Page!

Here are the ideas experiments and inspiration to unfold your imagination and get your writing to flow off the page! This is the everything-you-need guide to spark new poems and unstick old stories including lists of big small gross-out and favorite words; adventurous and zany prompts to leap from; dares and double dares to help you mash up truths and lies into outrageous paragraphs; and letters of encouragement written directly to you from famous authors including: Annie Barrows Naomi Shihab Nye Lemony Snicket C. M. Mayo Elizabeth Singer Hunt Moira Egan Gary Soto Lucille Clifton Avi Betsy Franco Carol Edgarian Karen Cushman Patricia Polacco Prartho Sereno Lewis Buzbee and C. B. Follett. <br><br>This is your journal for inward-bound adventures&#151;use it to write brainstorm explore imagine&#151;and even rip!