Thinking of writing a children’s book series? If you are, it’s essential to chart the details. To start, you should keep a separate notebook of file for each book, and …
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Three Tips on Starting a Book Series
Contributed by Linda Wilson Writer Beware: “Series are tricky. Writing series is not for the faint of heart.” So says Janet Lane Walters, award-winning author of series in multiple genres and more; as quoted in my latest find, Writing the Fiction Series: The Complete Guide for Novels and Novellas, by Karen S. Wiesner. I am…
Writing a Successful Children’s Series – 3 Key Elements
This is Part2 of writing a children’s series. And, if you’re a children’s writer of chapter books, middle grade, or young adult you can write one. To write a series, you need three things: 1. Strong characters In a ‘live’ workshop, Scholastic senior editor Matt Ringler noted that the most important element of a series…
Writing a Children’s Book Series – Different Types
I attended another ‘live’ workshop through SCBWI. This one was with Senior Editor Matt Ringler with Scholastic. He’s in the series department for chapter books, middle grade, and young adult. If you write in these genres, you’ll want to read on! In case you weren’t aware, Scholastic is the only publisher that deals solely with…