Why can't I edit my clips on iMovie?

I'm doing a book project for school and I imported my clips into move 10.0.6, and I can't do anything to edit besides import and delete entire clips. I am new to move 10.0.6. If someone could please help by December 6th, 2014, that would be great! The book project is due the following Wednesday. Thanks!

Hello there, Pianarist.
A great resource for learning some of the wonderful features of iMovie, is the online iMovie Help User Guide. Since you've already succesfully imported movies to your application, the next step is to create a project that you can edit and manipulate. That's eplained in greater detail here:
iMovie Help: Create a new movie
Create a movie project
Click the Create button in the toolbar, and then click Movie.
In the Create window, select a theme for your movie, or select No Theme.
To preview a theme, click the Play button  in a theme’s thumbnail. For more information, see iMovie themes overview.
At the bottom of the Create window, click the Create button.
In the window that appears, type a name for the movie in the Name field.
In the Event pop-up menu, choose the event where you want the movie to reside.
Click OK.
A new movie project is created with an empty timeline.
As you work your way down the Help Menu, you will see it lays out some practical information in the order you would be creating your new project.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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