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Acknowledgements | viii | |
Foreword | ix | |
1 | Writing for children: an easy option? | 1 |
How to use this book | 2 | |
Exploding some myths about writing for children | 4 | |
The importance of children's books | 7 | |
Words of encouragement | 8 | |
Some considerations | 8 | |
2 | A professional approach | 12 |
Research | 13 | |
Contact with children | 22 | |
Conferences, societies and book fairs | 25 | |
Publishers' pet hates | 28 | |
3 | Getting started: the tools of the trade | 29 |
Conveying the message | 30 | |
Improving your language skills | 32 | |
Tools of the trade | 34 | |
Raising funds | 38 | |
Creating the space and the time | 39 | |
Getting ideas | 42 | |
Gathering information and storing it | 46 | |
4 | Deciding what to write | 49 |
Fiction | 50 | |
Non-fiction | 54 | |
Faction | 56 | |
Language levels and reading ages | 56 | |
Language styles | 59 | |
Synopses and chapter outlines | 62 | |
5 | The basics of writing fiction | 65 |
Plotline basics | 66 | |
What and why | 70 | |
Finding a voice | 76 | |
The use of tense | 82 | |
Dialogue | 85 | |
Grammar | 91 | |
Beginning, middle and end | 92 | |
Revising | 95 | |
Writer's block | 99 | |
6 | Working with illustrations | 102 |
Overview | 103 | |
Illustrated books | 103 | |
Things to remember | 112 | |
Setting the text | 114 | |
Book covers | 117 | |
Illustrated non-fiction | 118 | |
7 | Markets for fiction | 119 |
People who write | 120 | |
Types of publishers | 122 | |
Where to start | 124 | |
8 | Non-fiction books | 131 |
Non-fiction and fiction | 132 | |
Accuracy | 132 | |
Faction | 134 | |
Humour | 135 | |
Illustrations | 136 | |
Obtaining permissions | 136 | |
Difficulties | 138 | |
The marketplace | 138 | |
Educational publishers | 143 | |
Publishers' pet hates | 143 | |
Co-authoring | 144 | |
9 | Presentation and submission of work | 146 |
Luck or judgment? | 147 | |
The typescript | 154 | |
Non-fiction manuscripts | 159 | |
The full manuscript | 162 | |
Submission letters | 163 | |
Some other things to remember | 170 | |
Agents | 172 | |
10 | Dealing with rejection | 176 |
Reader's reports | 180 | |
Check your returned package | 181 | |
When is it time to rethink? | 184 | |
11 | Dealing with acceptance | 187 |
The advance | 189 | |
Editorial enthusiasm | 191 | |
The contract | 193 | |
Money! | 196 | |
Rights | 198 | |
Working with an editor | 198 | |
Illustrations | 198 | |
Proofs | 199 | |
What to do if something goes wrong | 201 | |
12 | Publication day: what next? | 202 |
Publication | 203 | |
Self-publicity and promotion | 207 | |
Tax and accounts | 209 | |
What next? | 210 | |
The bottom line | 213 | |
Taking it further | 215 | |
Biographies | 220 | |
Index | 221 |
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Add Teach Yourself Writing for Children, In this book, aspiring scribes will find professional insights from authors, agents, and publishers on children's literature from picture-book texts to youth fiction and nonfiction. With comprehensive examples and writing exercises, insider tips on submis, Teach Yourself Writing for Children to your collection on WonderClub |