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Writing Children's Books

SMART Majority

Summary

Price
£329 inc VAT
Or £54.83/mo. for 6 months...
Study method
Online
Duration
3 months · Self-paced
Qualification
Certificate of achievement
Awarded by SMART Majority

Overview

To capture and hold the imagination of a child's mind is a powerful skill. This course will teach you storytelling techniques, to turn your writing into an engaging and marketable story for children.

Description

An amazing course that opens up for you the wonderful world of children. You will discover how to create fantastic characters, engaging dialogues that identify with your targeted age group, as well as exploring ways to find inspiration for your stories. This course will help you understand the importance of a highly effective visual design when writing for children and how to successfully create a design that will help get your book published.

Course Syllabus

1. Getting Started
2. Do's and Don'ts - guidelines for writing for children
3. Plotting the story
4. Ideas and Inspiration
5. Creating characters children will love
6. Point of view and dialogue
7. Descriptive writing - giving them goosebumps and touching their hearts
8. Writing Picture Books
9. Conflict
10. Writing Non- Fiction
11. Good and bad ending - what to avoid at all costs
12. Editing for success
13. Editing for success - cont.
14. How to successfully approach publishers and agents

Module sample

Getting started
This module focuses on exploring what the current market is offering and it teaches you to identify where your ideas fit into it. Consider what age you will be writing for, are you writing for boys, girls or both? We will look at discovering your voice and learning how to fine tune it to the voice of little people.

Ideas and Inspiration
Where do ideas come from and how do you find inspiration for your writing. We will be looking at debunking those myths that only some people can write.

Creating characters children will love
This module will focus on indentifying the key factors involved in developing credible characters that those little hearts will fall in love with. You will look into choosing the right names for your character, discover how to create heroes and heroines for your stories and learn how to adapt your characters to your age group target.

Key features

> 24/7 access for 3 months
> extension availability
> certificate upon successful completion
> Tutor Support Team Monday - Friday
> Live Chat feature

Requirements

> Internet connection
> Basic computer skills
> Knowledge on using the Internet
> Under age 16 - parental approval needed

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FAQs

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