WRITING FOR CHILDREN:
This is a Certificate Course.
You will be awarded a Children's Writer 'certificate of program completion' after obtaining a grade of 80% or higher.
All submitted work will be edited and reviewed by a published writer. The hallmark of our course is one-on-one personalized instruction from an impressive faculty of active professional writers.
Writing books for children is both art and business. If you dream of becoming a children's author -- or even if you're well on your way -- this series can help you in writing sellable stories, getting them published, and promoting your books.
SECTION I: One of the most comprehensive guides available to anyone wishing to enter the competitive field of children's books. It's all here, from initial idea to successful sale, and then beyond to the essentials of contracts, promotion, and the ABCs of building a successful career. If you're starting out, start out here. Topics include common myths about children's writing, children's book categories, elements of successful stories, manuscript format, submission strategies, contract negotiation, the publishing process, career building, and children's writer resources. Also included are specialized subjects such as querying for multiple manuscripts, promoting a first book, and designing a Web page. This series includes authors with considerable expertise, providing the aspiring children's book author with a wealth of tips on how to write, sell, and promote their books. It addresses common myths about children's writings, children's book categories, elements of successful stories, manuscript format, submission strategies, contract negotiation, the publishing process, career building, and children's writer resources. It also offers invaluable commentary on querying for multiple manuscripts, promoting a first book, and making arrangements for school appearances.
SECTION II: This series has a basic overview of information, and it directs readers to a wide variety of other resources. It was created as a teaching and review text for writing classes. It provides information on: ISBN numbers, self-publishing your book, (includes information to help you decide if self-publishing is right for you), online resources for writing, selling, promoting. The focus is on writing for children, the different kinds of stories for children, and most of all, where and how to sell it. It's packed with a lot of resources you can find on the internet, books you can read, and convenient addresses like the copyright office and where to get a set of ISBN's. It's like sitting down with a good teacher in a writer's workshop!
SECTION III: A comprehensive guide is the key to getting your work published. It gives you more useful market information than any other reference, whether you want to write young adult novels or illustrate picture books.
You'll find information on hundreds of book publishers, magazines, and play publishers, plus other exciting opportunities, including markets for young writers. Each entry includes up-to-date contact names submission guidelines, pay rates, Websites, email addresses, phone numbers and more.
SECTION IV: This section provides articles and interviews featuring a who's who of children's writers and illustrators. Plus, you get invaluable information on organizations, workshops, clubs, conferences and contests that can boost your creative abilities as well as your career. A "yellow pages" of children's publishing for authors and illustrators in the United States. The ultimate guide to getting your manuscripts and illustrations for the children's market published. It contains over 1,000 editors, agents and art directors, contract terms, tips for breaking in, current needs for both fiction and nonfiction and contact info for writers and illustrators. This ample source of information gives you the edge in actively pursue your career in the industry.
SECTION V: An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild. Here is everything the aspiring children's author needs to know about the five essential steps to publication: researching the current marketplace, developing story ideas, strengthening writing skills and improving work habits, submitting proposals and manuscripts to agents and publishers, and becoming part of the writing community. What's more, this revised and expanded edition contains updated reading lists and organizational references, as well as the latest information on word processing and illustrating with computers. There's also a new chapter on writing plays for children, and innovative suggestions for handling difficult contemporary issues such as AIDS.
SECTION VI: Learn to beat "writer's block," which haunts every writer at one point or another, and can stifle your creativity. In part 5, you'll learn how to find new subjects for stories, it also sparks new innovative ideas for creative writing. Learn about the elements of fiction and the writing process, as well as, structure. Useful and fun ideas to get your creative juices flowing again, and a polished manuscript on its way to the editors!
CAREER KIT PRICE: CERTIFIED CHILDREN'S WRITER $445.00 (INCLUDES SHIPPING)
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