From inspiration to publication
Subtitle: how to succeed as a children's writer : advice from 15 award-winning writers
By: editors, Pamela Glass Kelly, Mary Spelman
Contributors: Institute of Children's Literature
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781889715469
Subjects: Authorship; Children's literature
Description: In this guide, 15 award-winning authors share the mehtods they use to find and develop ideas into successful stories, articles, and books for young readers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming a writer / Kristi Holl; title: How old is your reader? / Elaine Marie Alphin; title: Characters come first / Gary L. Blackwood; title: Plotting a great story / Kathryn Jensen Pearce; title: Point of view: the window into your story / Marion Dane Bauer; title: Write your story down! / Sandy Fox; title: Extending your scope: writing novels / Catherine Frey Murphy; title: Focus on nonfiction: your route to publication / Margery Facklam; title: Cooking from scratch: organizing nonfiction articles / Diana Childress; title: From leads to last words: bringing nonfiction to life / Patricia Daniels; title: Hunting down the facts: researching a nonfiction book / Jim Murphy; title: Facts to inspire and inform: creating a nonfiction book / Caroline Arnold; title: Get the picture? Writing short books for youngest readers / Dandi Daley Mackall; title: The critical last step: revision / Carol Gorman; title: Making that first sale / James Cross Giblin.