Ideas for Children's Writers: A Comprehensive Resource Book of Plots, Themes, Genres, Lists, What's Hot and What's Not - Couverture souple

Cleaver, Pamela

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845280660 ISBN 13 : 9781845280666

Editeur : How To Books Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This invaluable resource book for anyone writing for children will help with many aspects of writing your story. There are: lists of attributes to help you create interesting believable characters, lists of plots and themes, genres - what's hot and what's not, locations and how much description to use, lists of do's and don'ts regarding submitting manuscripts, symbols for correcting your proofs, and tips on how to publicise your book. And, to save you time in researching, there is a section of lists of things you might want to know, ranging from dates of the kings and queens of England, through quarantine and incubation time for childhood illnesses, to emoticons and short forms for text messaging. Contents: 1. Limbering up 2. Plotting 3. Story people - the characters in your book 4. Genres 5. Where and when - settings 6. Starting the story 7. Telling the tale 8. Writing for the younger set 9. Happy ever after? 10. Research and revision 11. Getting published 12. If your book is accepted 13. If your book is rejected.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Pamela Cleaver is author of the bestselling Writing a Children's Book. She began and still teaches the course 'Writing for Children' at the London School of Journalism. This summer Pamela is teaching Writing Children's Fiction at the University of East Anglia's School of Continuing Education. Pamela is based in Diss, Norfolk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: How To Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845280660
• ISBN 13: 9781845280666
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible