Learn to write compelling children's books, from picture books to young adult novels! Join our fun and interactive course today!
This course is all about helping you write awesome children's books, no matter if you're brand new or have written before. It's super fun and packed with useful info!
Everything you need to create a bestselling Picture Book, Storybook, Middle Reader or Young Adult Novel!
Children's books are fun to read, and delightful to write. Share yours with a child, grandchild or the public, by discovering the way to write compelling children's literature in the exciting, hands-on course.
Whether your goal is a picture book, storybook, middle reader or young adult novel, this course provides all the tools you need to succeed.
You'll discover the joys of all these different children's genres:
Picture Books
Concept Books
Storybooks
Emergent Readers
First Chapter Books
Middle Readers
Young Adult Novels
The course introduces you to great fiction and nonfiction children's books for all ages.
Step by step, you'll learn and practice:
What Makes Great Children's Literature
The Difference Between Story and Plot
Dramatic Elements for Great Fiction
Character Building
Tips for Polishing Your Work
Once you've created your book, you'll learn how to:
Find a publisher or agent
Capitalize on the lucrative world of self-publishing
Market your book for fun and profit!
In addition to the lessons, the course offers extensive supplemental materials, including reference lists of great children's books in all categories, and more than a hundred links to web resources vital to any children's author.
Whether this is your first children's book or you're an experienced author looking for new techniques, Writing for Children has what you need to get your idea published. Enroll now!
Explore the different types of Picture Books and Storybooks
Discover the difference between Emergent Readers and First Chapter Books
Learn what content belongs in a Middle Reader
Steve Alcorn is a theme park designer, author, teacher, and the founder of Writing Academy. His novels include mysteries, young adult stories, historic fiction and romance. His is also the author of How to Fix Your Novel. Steve has helped more than 30,000 aspiring writers structure their novels, through the online learning programs of 1500 colleges and universities worldwide. Many...
Dani is the author of the Young Adult novel The Last Telepath, and three screenplays: A Quintessence of Dust, a science fiction riff on what would happen if Hamlet met BladerunnerHow to Catch an Englishman, a romantic comedy about moving overseas in search of an eligible bachelorDo No Harm, a drama that explores the ethical choices facing a heart surgeon...
Very helpful overview and I'm now excited to start writing. Thank you Steve!
This class gives you the most important things you need to know about writing for each age group, which I found super helpful and was exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you, you have a lot of info for me to consider!
We will be skipping the young adult section, no interested in finding out about them learning about! My thoughts of and type of writing is more wholesome!
thanks again!
Looking forward to hearing more
Very helpful.
There was a lot of good information in this presentation, however the delivery was a touch bland and did not keep me as engaged as I would like. There was also an entire point missing that was mentioned on the intro slide to the segment and then never brought up (another student mentioned this in the comments and the explanation of the point has been added as a response). What I learned in this course will certainly help me on my path and is valuable so I would recommend it to others.
Yes, it was a good match. In Section 2, lesson 9 under Story Patterns, Mr. Alcorn did not explain #4 "Misunderstanding Story". He did not explain that plot element as he mentioned he would. I would like to have that element explained. I have learned a lot from this course.
This is one of the best classes I have taken on writing, especially children's writing. I had 6 published nonfiction books for children early in my writing career and then was seduced by corporate writing and consulting. I am now circling back to my first love and needed a refresher and a way of catching up on the new world of children's book publishing. This workshop was exactly what I needed. I recommend it without qualification.
I like the course so far but hope it will have actual practice.
Amazing! Inspiring, helpful, kind. I feel so grateful for this class! Thank you!
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Kimberly
Good for beginning writers who want general information about the process of writing for children. I would have liked to have seen some writing exercises or practice, especially in the second section.