Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children
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This master class in writing children’s and young adult novels will teach you everything you need to know to write and publish a great book.
The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction—intention, character, plot, and voice—while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building, and the differences between middle-grade and YA novels. In addition, the book’s exercises, questions, and straightforward rules of thumb help writers apply these insights to their own creative works. With its generous tone and useful tools for story analysis and revision, The Magic Words is an essential handbook for writers of children’s and young adult fiction.
Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children
By Cheryl Klein
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The best children’s and young adult novels take readers on wonderful outward adventures and stirring inward journeys. In The Magic Words, editor Cheryl B. Klein guides writers on an enjoyable and practical-minded voyage of their own, from developing a saleable premise for a novel to finding a dream agent. She delves deep into the major elements of fiction—intention, character, plot, and voice—while addressing important topics like diversity, world-building, and the differences between middle-grade and YA novels. In addition, the book’s exercises, questions, and straightforward rules of thumb help writers apply these insights to their own creative works. With its generous tone and useful tools for story analysis and revision, The Magic Words is an essential handbook for writers of children’s and young adult fiction.
ISBN
9780393292244
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Pages
384 pages
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Published
Sep 20, 2016
Language
en
Cover type
Paperback
Book details
- Authors
- Cheryl Klein
- ISBN
- 9780393292244
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Sep 20, 2016
- Publication year
- 2016
- Pages
- 384
- Dimensions
- 9.2 in × 1.0 in × 6.1 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Language Arts & DisciplinesStyle Manuals