Editing your children's novel

City Lit

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In London

£ 159 VAT inc.

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  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

If you have completed a first (second or third!) draft of a novel for children or young adults and would like to learn skills to help you edit your story, this is the course for you.

The Tutor: Penny Joelson is a children’s author and experienced City Lit tutor. She writes for all age groups and has also had a number of books for children published under her maiden name, Penny Kendal. Penny has worked as a primary school teacher and family learning tutor and she also runs writing workshops for children. Her latest YA mystery is ‘Girl in the Window’, published by Egmont. Her previous thriller ‘I Have No Secrets’, also published by Egmont, has won the 2018 FCBG Children’s Book Award for Older Readers, as well as the Leeds, Worcestershire, Cumbria and Sussex Book Awards.

City Lit reserves the right to change course tutors from those advertised in this outline. In line with our refund policy we are unable to grant a refund on the grounds of a change of tutor.

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Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

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About this course

- strengthen your plot
- bring characters to life
- identify where to cut and where to extend
- make your subplots work
- line edit your work.

A reading list and timetable will be supplied before each term and students will be expected to read the book prior to the week it will be discussed. The books can be purchased in book shops or borrowed from public libraries.

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Subjects

  • Writing

Course programme

A variety of techniques to edit and improve your work, generally with a view to submitting it for publication.

All writing courses at City Lit will involve an element of workshop. This means that students will produce work which will be discussed in an open and constructive environment with the tutor and other students. The college operates a policy of constructive criticism, and all feedback on another student’s work by the tutor and other students should be delivered in that spirit. For classes longer than one day regular reading and writing exercises will be set for completion at home to set deadlines.

Additional information

All students are invited to join us at Late Lines, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to Between the Lines, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on Facebook and Twitter. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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