Writing your own book is not as difficult as it seems. Especially if you know what techniques can help you with this. Of course, you can learn creative writing by spending several years and graduating from a literary institute. Or you can read Karen Behnke’s book. Of course, it won’t make you Nabokov or Tolstoy, but in it you will find everything you need to start a literary activity. The author suggests not getting hung up on boring academic rules, but giving free rein to your imagination, playing with words, thought forms, rhymes, meters and ideas . Small sections, each dedicated to a specific creative technique, consist of a brief theoretical part, an interesting task, a place to perform it and examples of how it can be done. The book also contains valuable advice from famous writers to beginners. The book is addressed primarily to young readers, but adults around the world have already appreciated it, and also enjoy reading and applying the knowledge gained from the book.