Writing for Children – Intro to Chapter Books
Date:
With:
Archie Fusillo
Rating:
EARLY
Summary:
Through practical tasks and activities, get a framework for several key aspects of writing chapter books for a young audience. Get professional insights and try your hand at writing exercises on producing work for younger readers.
Details
You will learn
- how to think about the intended audience
- how to generate ideas and plots for the intended audience
- how to develop characters suitable for the intended audience
- insights into editing
- about marketing your work to the right publisher.
About Archie Fusillo
Archie Fusillo is an award-winning children’s and young adult author. His titles include several of the successful Aussie Bites series, junior anthologies including CBCA-nominated ‘Rich and Rare’, junior novels including ‘An Earful of Static’ and ‘On the Mat’, and a picture book with celebrated illustrator Terry Denton. Archie is the two-time winner of the Mary Grant Bruce Award for Children’s Literature.
Read Archie's Q&A on understanding the children's and middle grade fiction markets.
Writing for Children
You may also be interested to join us for Writing for Children – Intro to Picture Books with Jane Godwin in October 2016.
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 14 October 2016 - 2:00