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In this course, you will :
- Begin by exploring your desire to write children's stories and how to turn that desire into a daily practise and a professional career.
- Learn how your own childhood experiences can inspire writing ideas, and then how to develop them.
- Next, consider the various ways to structure your ideas into a full-length novel. Learn how to deconstruct your favourite books and apply their tried-and-true techniques to your own work.
- Learn how to build your own writer's toolbox when creating a fictional world and characters.
- Learn how to silence the unhelpful inner critic and discover your own voice through exploratory and practical exercises.
- Understand the storytelling principles that result in unforgettable characters that children adore and a plot that draws readers in. Break your idea down into simple units that, block by block, create a unique, fictional world using easily understandable models. Piers demonstrates the creation of character biographies, world bibles, and even a map.
- learn how to complete a first draught, edit, and polish it before submitting it. Piers shares his advice and strategies for getting your work published and concludes the course by emphasising that writing is a journey, not a destination. Hear his final thoughts on making the most of your journey.
Syllabus :
1. Preparing to Write for Children
- Why Write?
- Where Do Ideas Come From?
- How to Have Ideas
2. Let’s Make Up a Story
- To Plan or Not to Plan 1
- To Plan or Not to Plan 2
- Creating a Fictional World
- Characters
- The Writer’s Toolbox: Finding Yours
3. How to Plan Your Book
- Finding the Idea
- Creating Your Characters
- Structuring the Story
- Writing Your Synopsis
4. Sharing Your Stories
- Writer’s Block
- How to Pitch Your Story
- An Overview of the Children’s Book Market
