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Overview
What you will study
This Writing for Children course offered by City, University of London is for students who would like to write books for children aged 3-16 years old.
The first part will focus on learning writing techniques in the context of children’s books, covering a range of areas including characterisation, settings, dialogue and plotting. We will examine how to tackle books for different age ranges, from picture books to Young Adult.
The second part of this Writing for Children course will look at refining your writing and understanding what publishers and agents are looking for.Each week students will tackle writing exercises and there will be some element of sharing work. We will also look at texts from a variety of published children’s authors.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Apply theoretical knowledge to practical writing tasks and learn more about the market for children’s books and how to succeed as a children’s writer.
- Understand the market - who exactly are you writing for?
- Identify what works about successful stories, across a range of texts;
- Create strong settings, stand-out characters and convincing dialogue;
- Build pace and structure into your work;
- Learn how to use descriptions that will bring your writing to life;
- Edit and revise your writing, including when to cut;
- Understand what agents and publishers are looking for in a publishable manuscript - the practicalities as well as the indefinable 'it';
- Submit your work to publishing professionals.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Creative Writing View 81 other Short Courses in Creative Writing in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is open to anyone interested in writing for children and no prior knowledge is required.
- Applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English.
Tuition Fee
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International
320 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 320 GBP for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
320 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 320 GBP for the full programme during 2 months.
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