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Writing a Children's Book: How to Write for Children and Get Published (How to): How to Write for Children and Get Published (How to)
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Product Description
This guide covers the writing of picture books, plots and planning, teenage fiction and non-fiction books. The author also deals with the business side of publishing, including market research and finding a publisher.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5032 in Books
- Published on: 2004-01-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
Editorial Reviews
Writing Magazine
`Pamela Cleavers shows you how to create characters that will appeal to young readers'
Synopsis
This guide covers the writing of picture books, plots and planning, teenage fiction and non-fiction books. The author also deals with the business side of publishing, including market research and finding a publisher.
About the Author
Pamela Cleaver has sold 50,000 copies of her own children's books. Her children's stories have been translated into French, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish.
Customer Reviews
Amazing Book!
Read the book from cover to cover and could not put it down. It had so much information and helpful hints worth every penny.
too basic
Very basic and most of the tips you can guess without reading it if you have tried to write for children. I shouldn't have read the reviews because it was quite disapointing to me. If you are looking for some real useful tips on how to improve your method of writing to children, this is not the book.
Useful Tool...
As a writer, I was given a book by my mother and aunt that showed me how to get started in writing. Whilst it covered the basics, I found it to be long winded and boring at times. This book is none of that. It is straight to the point, informative and treats you with respect.
The word 'said', as the other reviewer mentioned, is dealt with wonderfully. Also, there is a nice piece of advice that should be common sense to thesaurus-bashers like Paolini - do NOT use overly complicated words when writing for children. I once got told to edit out the word 'catharsis', so you can see what I mean. It is also wonderful in teaching you how to edit. My first chapter was 4900+ words. After reading this book, I edited it and it came down to 3300. The chapter reads MUCH better.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book.
