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Writing Life - Writing for Children Part 1
Preface
Writing Life - Writing for Children
Free Sample 1
Free Sample 2
Free Sample 3
Introduction
A word about books for children
Kinds of books
How do you find them?
Who to read?
About grammar and dictionaries
MODULE 1: Beginnings
Beginning
Catching your reader
Hooks to the adults who choose children’s books
It's in the detail
Six thoughts on writing for children
Kinds of literature for children
Conclusions
WRITING EXERCISE 1
MODULE 2: A child's point of view
Reading – and flat-plans
WRITING EXERCISE 2
Children
WRITING EXERCISE 3
Genres
WRITING EXERCISE 4
Who are you writing for?
Universal stories
Where do your ideas come from?
WRITING EXERCISE 5
WRITING EXERCISE 6
MODULE 3: Practicalities
Treasure chest and toolbox
Where do you write?
Time to write
Time to read
Tools: Spellcheck, Grammar Check, Word Count
WRITING EXERCISE 7
Balancing your manuscript
WRITING EXERCISE 8
Memories of childhood - WRITING EXERCISE 9
Empathy with the reader - WRITING EXERCISE 10
MODULE 4: Voice, Clues, Structure, Planning
How long does it take?
Research
Voice – first person or third person?
WRITING EXERCISE 11
Talking animals and animals as characters
WRITING EXERCISE 12
Two points … and a note on writing generally
Leaving clues
WRITING EXERCISE 13
Structure and planning
WRITING EXERCISE 14
Time, memory and history
Research and accuracy
WRITING EXERCISE 15
Balance and time travel
MODULE 5: Empathy - Getting under the skin of your characters
Voice – yours, theirs – hero or heroine
WRITING EXERCISE 16
Who are your characters?
WRITING EXERCISE 17
WRITING EXERCISE 18
Small people in books
WRITING EXERCISE 19
Names
Respecting their stories
Empathise with the reader
WRITING EXERCISE 20
Setting their scene - WRITING EXERCISE 21
Repetition – and getting bored
WRITING EXERCISE 4
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