How to Write for Children and Get Published,9780749918804

How to Write for Children and Get Published

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ISBN13: 9780749918804
ISBN10: 0749918802
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher(s): London Bridge (T)
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Summary

Children's publishing has its own set of rules and demands. This comprehensive new hook sheds light on them and aims to help writers produce successful, enjoyable fiction and non-fiction.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(11)
Part I: Know Your Market
The Picture Book
11(9)
Reading Series
20(7)
Reading Schemes in the Educational Market
27(8)
Stand-Alone fiction for 8-12 Year Olds
35(9)
Teenage Fiction
44(12)
The Short Story, Magazines and Comics
56(8)
Non-Fiction
64(8)
Poetry
72(6)
Multimedia and the Internet
78(11)
Part II: Get Writing!
Subject Matter
89(14)
Plotting
103(10)
Characterisation
113(11)
Viewpoint
124(8)
Style
132(11)
Part III: Being Published
Presentation and Approach
143(10)
Acceptance
153(9)
Help!
162(8)
Appendix I: Prizes and Awards 170(6)
Bibliography 176(5)
Index 181

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