Author: Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889715001
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Story Sparkers
Author: Marcia Thornton Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582970196
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book shows children's writers how to generate, assess, and apply ideas for fiction as well as nonfiction, short projects as well as long ones. They'll find exercises, worksheets, and guidelines that will enable them to apply what they learn to on-going projects - or to help them begin new projects. The authors begin with an overview of how to write for children then move into the specifics of idea generation. Readers will learn creativity techniques, where to find ideas, how to assess each idea's potential and which form will suite the idea best - picture book, chapter book or nonfiction article. Marcia Thronton Jones and Debbie Dadey are the authors of the bestselling Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, Triplet Trouble series, and the Bailey City Monsters series, all published by Scholastic. Both speak at writer's conferences across the country. Children's writers will recognize the names of these authors and want to find out their formula for success. There is no other book like this one for children's writers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582970196
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book shows children's writers how to generate, assess, and apply ideas for fiction as well as nonfiction, short projects as well as long ones. They'll find exercises, worksheets, and guidelines that will enable them to apply what they learn to on-going projects - or to help them begin new projects. The authors begin with an overview of how to write for children then move into the specifics of idea generation. Readers will learn creativity techniques, where to find ideas, how to assess each idea's potential and which form will suite the idea best - picture book, chapter book or nonfiction article. Marcia Thronton Jones and Debbie Dadey are the authors of the bestselling Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, Triplet Trouble series, and the Bailey City Monsters series, all published by Scholastic. Both speak at writer's conferences across the country. Children's writers will recognize the names of these authors and want to find out their formula for success. There is no other book like this one for children's writers.
National Writers Union Freelance Writers' Guide
Author: National Writers Union (U.S.)
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Completely revised and updated to meet the needs of today's freelance writers, this guide provides accurate information on a range of professional issues. It features guidelines for standard pay rates, royalties, fees and practices for virtually every writing genre, from books and magazines to corporate and academic writing, so writers can eliminate guesswork and paid the rates they deserve. Newly commissioned essays and other features offer knowledgeable advice for other important business issues, including self-incorporation, repetitive stress injuries, taxes, self-promotion, writing for the Web and more. the professional handbook for every type of freelance writer. Includes an expanded section on writing for electronic media.
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Completely revised and updated to meet the needs of today's freelance writers, this guide provides accurate information on a range of professional issues. It features guidelines for standard pay rates, royalties, fees and practices for virtually every writing genre, from books and magazines to corporate and academic writing, so writers can eliminate guesswork and paid the rates they deserve. Newly commissioned essays and other features offer knowledgeable advice for other important business issues, including self-incorporation, repetitive stress injuries, taxes, self-promotion, writing for the Web and more. the professional handbook for every type of freelance writer. Includes an expanded section on writing for electronic media.
Children's Writer Guide To 1997
Author: Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889715001
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889715001
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Children's Writer Guide to 2006
Author: Susan M. Tierney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A forum of more than 250 insiders cover children's markets and writing techniques. Learn how to best profit from the new players, new priorities, and important shifts in the children's book and magazine markets.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A forum of more than 250 insiders cover children's markets and writing techniques. Learn how to best profit from the new players, new priorities, and important shifts in the children's book and magazine markets.
Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2025
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399411799
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Foreword by Alice Oseman, creator of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books. 'This is not a book, it is a sky filled with possibility, so let its wisdom lift you and soar!' Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate Celebrating its 21st edition, this indispensable Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook provides everything you need to know to get your work noticed. With thousands of up-to-date contacts and inspiring articles from dozens of successful writers, illustrators and industry insiders, it is the ultimate resource on writing and publishing for children of all ages. Packed with insights and practical tips, it provides expert advice on: - submitting to agents and publishers - writing non-fiction and fiction across genres and formats - poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration - self-publishing - copyright, finances and contracts - marketing, prizes and festivals - and much, much more ... New content in this edition include articles on Your Author Brand by Tom Palmer, Getting Published by Hannah Gold, Writing with empathy by Camilla Chester, What an indie bookshop can offer authors by Carrie & Tim Morris. 'Between the covers of this book is everything you need to know to get published.' Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399411799
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Foreword by Alice Oseman, creator of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books. 'This is not a book, it is a sky filled with possibility, so let its wisdom lift you and soar!' Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate Celebrating its 21st edition, this indispensable Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook provides everything you need to know to get your work noticed. With thousands of up-to-date contacts and inspiring articles from dozens of successful writers, illustrators and industry insiders, it is the ultimate resource on writing and publishing for children of all ages. Packed with insights and practical tips, it provides expert advice on: - submitting to agents and publishers - writing non-fiction and fiction across genres and formats - poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration - self-publishing - copyright, finances and contracts - marketing, prizes and festivals - and much, much more ... New content in this edition include articles on Your Author Brand by Tom Palmer, Getting Published by Hannah Gold, Writing with empathy by Camilla Chester, What an indie bookshop can offer authors by Carrie & Tim Morris. 'Between the covers of this book is everything you need to know to get published.' Julia Donaldson
Getting Children Writing
Author: Simon Brownhill
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1473903165
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
′This is a fantastic book which provides creative and practical suggestions of how to engage all children in writing′ - Sarah Martin-Denham, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, University of Sunderland This book is a practical guide designed to stimulate story writing in the early years and primary classroom. It offers a collection of novel and effective Ideas which can be used by educators to energise, excite and motivate children to willingly write stories across the 3-11 age phase. Each chapter offers creative and innovative Ideas to get children writing stories, including: - how to help children ′see the point′ of story writing - how speaking and listening, reading and phonics can be utilised to enhance written stories - how technology can facilitate refreshing story writing - how story writing can be physically interactive. By combining theory with practice, this book is ideal for those training to teach the 3 to 11 age range, those beginning their teaching career, and those who are established in their professional role. Simon Brownhill is Senior Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1473903165
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
′This is a fantastic book which provides creative and practical suggestions of how to engage all children in writing′ - Sarah Martin-Denham, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, University of Sunderland This book is a practical guide designed to stimulate story writing in the early years and primary classroom. It offers a collection of novel and effective Ideas which can be used by educators to energise, excite and motivate children to willingly write stories across the 3-11 age phase. Each chapter offers creative and innovative Ideas to get children writing stories, including: - how to help children ′see the point′ of story writing - how speaking and listening, reading and phonics can be utilised to enhance written stories - how technology can facilitate refreshing story writing - how story writing can be physically interactive. By combining theory with practice, this book is ideal for those training to teach the 3 to 11 age range, those beginning their teaching career, and those who are established in their professional role. Simon Brownhill is Senior Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge.
Living the Writer's Life
Author: Eric Maisel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823088485
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Challenges greet practitioners of every creative field, and the writer's path is an often rocky one. In this stimulating and multifaceted guide, creativity expert Dr. Eric Maisel provides both aspiring and seasoned authors with a resource for meeting the emotional demands of their discipline and clearing the hurdles in a writing career.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823088485
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Challenges greet practitioners of every creative field, and the writer's path is an often rocky one. In this stimulating and multifaceted guide, creativity expert Dr. Eric Maisel provides both aspiring and seasoned authors with a resource for meeting the emotional demands of their discipline and clearing the hurdles in a writing career.
The Primary English Encyclopedia
Author: Margaret Mallett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317232070
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 823
Book Description
This newly updated, user friendly Primary English Encyclopedia addresses all aspects of the primary English curriculum and is an invaluable reference for all training and practising teachers. Now in its fifth edition, entries have been revised to take account of new research and thinking. The approach is supportive of the reflective practitioner in meeting National Curriculum requirements in England and developing sound subject knowledge and good classroom practice. While the book is scholarly, the author writes in a conversational style and includes reproductions of covers of recommended children’s books and examples of children’s writing and drawing to add interest. The encyclopedia includes: over 600 entries , many expanded and entirely new for this edition, including entries on apps, blogging and computing; short definitions of key concepts; input on the initial teaching of reading including the teaching of phonics and the other cue-systems; extended entries on major topics such as speaking and listening, reading, writing, drama, poetry, non-fiction, bilingualism and children’s literature; information on new literacies and new kinds of texts for children; discussion of current issues and input on the history of English teaching in the primary years; extended entries on gender and literacy; important references for each topic, advice on further reading and accounts of recent research findings; and a Who’s Who of Primary English and lists of essential texts, updated for this new edition. This encyclopedia will be ideal for student teachers on BA and PGCE courses preparing for work in primary schools and primary school teachers. Anyone concerned with bringing about the informed and imaginative teaching of primary school English will find this book helpful and interesting.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317232070
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 823
Book Description
This newly updated, user friendly Primary English Encyclopedia addresses all aspects of the primary English curriculum and is an invaluable reference for all training and practising teachers. Now in its fifth edition, entries have been revised to take account of new research and thinking. The approach is supportive of the reflective practitioner in meeting National Curriculum requirements in England and developing sound subject knowledge and good classroom practice. While the book is scholarly, the author writes in a conversational style and includes reproductions of covers of recommended children’s books and examples of children’s writing and drawing to add interest. The encyclopedia includes: over 600 entries , many expanded and entirely new for this edition, including entries on apps, blogging and computing; short definitions of key concepts; input on the initial teaching of reading including the teaching of phonics and the other cue-systems; extended entries on major topics such as speaking and listening, reading, writing, drama, poetry, non-fiction, bilingualism and children’s literature; information on new literacies and new kinds of texts for children; discussion of current issues and input on the history of English teaching in the primary years; extended entries on gender and literacy; important references for each topic, advice on further reading and accounts of recent research findings; and a Who’s Who of Primary English and lists of essential texts, updated for this new edition. This encyclopedia will be ideal for student teachers on BA and PGCE courses preparing for work in primary schools and primary school teachers. Anyone concerned with bringing about the informed and imaginative teaching of primary school English will find this book helpful and interesting.
Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2022
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472982843
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
Foreword by M. G. Leonard: 'It's rare to find a book that's as useful as it is inspiring ... essential reading.' The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from successful writers and illustrators, as well as details on who to contact across the media. It provides practical advice on all stages of the writing process from getting started, writing for different markets and genres, through to submission to literary agents and publishers as well as on the financial and legal aspects of being a writer. Widely recognised as the essential support for authors and illustrators working across all forms: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screen and theatre, it is equally relevant to those wishing to self-publish as well as those seeking a traditional publisher-agent deal. New articles for 2022: Christopher Edge Plotting and pace in your middle-grade adventure L. D. Lapinski World-building in your fantasy fiction Anna Wilson Finding your voice and point of view Rachel Bladon The learning curve: writing for the children's educational market Jenny Bowman How to hire a freelance editor Sophie Clarke The life and works of a literary scout Rachel Rooney Writing poetry for children
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472982843
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
Foreword by M. G. Leonard: 'It's rare to find a book that's as useful as it is inspiring ... essential reading.' The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from successful writers and illustrators, as well as details on who to contact across the media. It provides practical advice on all stages of the writing process from getting started, writing for different markets and genres, through to submission to literary agents and publishers as well as on the financial and legal aspects of being a writer. Widely recognised as the essential support for authors and illustrators working across all forms: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screen and theatre, it is equally relevant to those wishing to self-publish as well as those seeking a traditional publisher-agent deal. New articles for 2022: Christopher Edge Plotting and pace in your middle-grade adventure L. D. Lapinski World-building in your fantasy fiction Anna Wilson Finding your voice and point of view Rachel Bladon The learning curve: writing for the children's educational market Jenny Bowman How to hire a freelance editor Sophie Clarke The life and works of a literary scout Rachel Rooney Writing poetry for children
Evaluating Children's Writing
Author: Suzanne Bratcher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135627363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Introduces statement from preface about application activities for a wide range of writing evaluation strategies elementary classroom teachers can use to determine a grade. Txtbk for undergrad. & graduate elementary language arts&writing methods courses
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135627363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Introduces statement from preface about application activities for a wide range of writing evaluation strategies elementary classroom teachers can use to determine a grade. Txtbk for undergrad. & graduate elementary language arts&writing methods courses