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Writing Children's Fiction

Writing Children's Fiction

A Writers' and Artists' Companion

by Linda Newbery and Yvonne Coppard
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/10/2016
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Full of both inspirational and practical advice, Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing for some of the most difficult and demanding readers of all: children and young people.

Part 1 explores the nature, history and challenges of children's literature, and the amazing variety of genres available for children from those learning to read to young adults.

Part 2 includes tips by such bestselling authors as David Almond, Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff and Michael Morpurgo.

Part 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and creating characters to knowing your readers, handling difficult subjects and how to find an agent and publisher when your book or story is complete.
ISBN:
9781408156872
9781408156872
Category:
Creative writing & creative writing guides
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-10-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x23mm
Weight:
0.26kg
Linda Newbery

Linda wrote her first novel during the summer holidays from her job as a secondary school teacher. Now a critically acclaimed full-time author, Linda has written over twenty novels, been shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal, and is the winner of a Silver Medal Nestle Children’s Book Prize and the Costa Children’s Book Award.

Linda does much of her work in her writing hut in her garden but is often distracted by her own furry feline friends...

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