Writing for children and getting published
Record details
- ISBN: 0071439781
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Physical Description:
x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
print - Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Contemporary Books, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Writing for children: an easy option? 1 -- Exploding some myths about writing for children 4 -- Importance of children's books 7 -- Words of encouragement 8 -- 2 A professional approach 12 -- Research 13 -- Contact with children 22 -- Conferences, societies and book fairs 25 -- Publishers' pet hates 28 -- 3 Getting started: the tools of the trade 29 -- Conveying the message 30 -- Improving your language skills 32 -- Tools of the trade 34 -- Raising funds 38 -- Creating the space and the time 39 -- Getting ideas 42 -- Gathering information and storing it 46 -- 4 Deciding what to write 49 -- Fiction 50 -- Non-fiction 54 -- Faction 56 -- Language levels and reading ages 56 -- Language styles 59 -- Synopses and chapter outlines 62 -- 5 Basics of writing fiction 65 -- Plotline basics 66 -- What and why 70 -- Finding a voice 76 -- Use of tense 82 -- Dialogue 85 -- Grammar 91 -- Beginning, middle and end 92 -- Revising 95 -- Writer's block 99 -- 6 Working with illustrations 102 -- Illustrated books 103 -- Things to remember 112 -- Setting the text 114 -- Book covers 117 -- Illustrated non-fiction 118 -- 7 Markets for fiction 119 -- People who write 120 -- Types of publishers 122 -- Where to start 124 -- 8 Non-fiction books 131 -- Non-fiction and fiction 132 -- Accuracy 132 -- Faction 134 -- Humour 135 -- Illustrations 136 -- Obtaining permissions 136 -- Difficulties 138 -- Marketplace 138 -- Educational publishers 143 -- Publishers' pet hates 143 -- Co-authoring 144 -- 9 Presentation and submission of work 146 -- Luck or judgment? 147 -- Typescript 154 -- Non-fiction manuscripts 159 -- Full manuscript 162 -- Submission letters 163 -- Agents 172 -- 10 Dealing with rejection 176 -- Reader's reports 180 -- Check your returned package 181 -- When is it time to rethink? 184 -- 11 Dealing with acceptance 187 -- Advance 189 -- Editorial enthusiasm 191 -- Contract 193 -- Money! 196 -- Rights 198 -- Working with an editor 198 -- Illustrations 198 -- Proofs 199 -- What to do if something goes wrong 201 -- 12 Publication day: what next? 202 -- Publication 203 -- Self-publicity and promotion 207 -- Tax and accounts 209 -- What next? 210 -- Bottom line 213. |
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