Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks - Part 3

I'm happy you stopped by again to learn more about the Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks e-course. Thank you. Now onto the remaining three weeks of this informative e-course.

Lesson Four: Writing Nonfiction for Children

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   How to write a winning query letter.
   
   
   
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   How to study the nonfiction markets.
   
   
   
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   How to Structure Articles and provide sidebars.
   
   
   

Lesson Five: Breaking into the Magazine and Book Markets

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   Understanding the power of networking.
   
   
   
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   How to Find Writing Assignments online and quickly gain publishing credits.
   
   
   
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   How to work with Editors.
   
   
   

Lesson Six: The Final Steps to Starting Your Writing Career

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   How and Why to Track Submissions
   
   
   
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   Self-editing techniques.
   
   
   
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   The importance of joining or starting a critique group.
   
   
   

I cannot stress enough how vital the printable .pdf lessons and audio coincide. It's imperative you use both at the same time to make this e-course a true success.

Now it's up to you, you must take action consistently to turn all this valuable information into a children's writer career. Have additional questions, ask away...I'm happy to respond.

After the 6-week is complete you may opt to continue with the expert guidance of Suzanne Lieurance. This opportunity is available through the CWCC program. More information on this additional exciting club on December 20th.

Best wishes in fulfilling your dream!

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Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks - Part 2

As promised I'm back again today to discuss the first three weeks of the Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks. Remember each lesson is accompanied with an audio giving you the feeling that your instructor, Suzanne Lieurance is right in the room with you.

Lesson One: The Basics of Writing for Children

1. How writing for children is different from writing for adults.
2. How publishers group books and other materials for children according to age and grade level, subject matter, etc., and why this information is important for children's writers.
3. The most common fiction mistakes made by new children's writers.

Lesson Two: Grammar & Punctuation Basics

1. How to format manuscripts.
2. Tips for following submission guidelines.
3. Tips for correctly punctuating dialogue, paragraphing, etc.

Lesson Three: The Elements of Good Children's Fiction

1. What is Point of View.
2. How to Add Conflict to a story.
3. Why Sensory details are important.

The subject matter covered in the first three weeks will provide you with a sound foundation to keep the wheels of your creativity spinning for weeks 4-6. Visit again on Friday, December 18th and learn more about Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks.

I personally refer back to my lessons, guidelines, and tips on a consistent basis to keep all I have learned fresh.

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I'm open to your comments and questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you.

Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks

We all know how quickly time flies. Here we are with 2009 rapidly coming to an end. Close your eyes for a moment and imagine where you envision your aspiring writing career to be in three months, six months, a year. Not sure what steps to take to make your dreams come true? Well look no further. Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer’s Coach, will guide you in her virtual classroom with printable .pdf lessons and an accompanying audio. Each lesson is curtailed to specific topics to bring your dreams of writing for children to fruition.

I’ve personally have taken the e-course and I’m a member of the CWCC. The expert guidance from Suzanne and the cyberspace companionship of the other CWCC members is invaluable. My short story, “The Golden Pathway, from an assignment with the CWCC placed 12th in the 77th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the Children/Young Adult category and after a few rounds of further editing, the same manuscript was accepted by Guardian Angel Publishing as my first story book to be published in 2010.

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I’ll be back again on December 16th and 18th to provide you with a further glimpse into this essential e-course.

Please feel free to ask questions, I’d be happy to answer them.

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Wednesday, November 18th – Book Review: The Crypto-Capers in the Case of the Missing Sock, by Renee Hand

Friday, November 20th – Book Review: The Crypto-Capers in the Case of the Red Rock Canyon, by Renee Hand

Monday, November 23rd – Guest Interview: Children’s Author, Renee Hand

Tuesday, November 24th – Write What Inspires You Newsletter

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Monday, November 30th – Book Review: Bitter Tastes, by V.B. Rosendahl

Tuesday, December 1st – Media Release: Nicole Weaver Introduces Fun With French and Spanish

Wednesday, December 3rd – Virtual Book Tour and Book Review: Just Breeze by Beverly Stowe McClure

Monday, December 7th – Media Release: Poets Suggest The Real Thing Should Compete with Greeting Cards, Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Wednesday, December 9th – Book Review: Ten Hats A Counting Book by Carolyn Mott Ford

Friday, December 11th – Book Review: The Canada Goose and You by Jennifer S. Burrows

Monday, December 14th - Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks – My personal experience Part 1

Wednesday, December 16th - Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks – My personal experience Part 2

Friday, December 18th - Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just Six Weeks – My personal experience Part 3
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Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just 6 Weeks

Suzanne Lieurance is the author of more than a dozen published books for children and the founder and director of the National Writing for Children Center and coaching coordinator

for the Children's Writers' Coaching Club and a former instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature. Over the years, Lieurance has learned the tricks of the trade for children's publishing, and now would like to share those tricks with you in her new e-course.

Becoming a published children's author does not have to be a guessing game. Not when you know what to do and when to do it.

Purchase Tricks of the Trade: Learn to Write for Children in Just 6 Weeks, and starting tomorrow, every week for the next six weeks you'll receive a lesson and an assignment that will jumpstart your career as a children's writer.

Each lesson includes both an audio file and a pdf (text) file, so you can read AND listen to the i

nformation presented. In this 6 week e-course, you'll learn:

• The 10 most common mistakes made by new children's writers and how to avoid them.
• How writing for children is much different than writing for adults.
• How to keep from writing un-publishable "incidents" instead of full fledged marketable stories.
• How to write winning query letters to sell your work.
• Simple self-editing techniques.
• How to track submissions.
• How to land assignments with children's magazine and book editors.
• And much, much, more

PLUS . . . perhaps the best part of this convenient e-course is that you won't have to leave home for your lessons. You can jumpstart your writing career while relaxing in your pjs or bathrobe, if you like.

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BONUS: When you register for the course right now, you'll also receive 2 months membership in the Children's Writers' Coaching Club (a $54 value), which will give you the opportunity to have at least one of your manuscripts professionally critiqued once a week every single week for two months. As a member of the Children's Writers' Coaching Club you'll also receive email invitations to weekly teleclasses presented by successful published children's book writers, illustrators, editors, and publishers.

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