Writing for children

City Lit

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

A structured overview of the skills involved in writing for children of various ages. You will also gain an up-to-date knowledge of publishing for children.

Students like: "lots of brilliant advice from the tutor"; "the class atmosphere and group discussions"; "well-structured approach to different topics"; "the camaraderie, the breadth of the syllabus, the opportunity to hear from each other"; "it sparked loads of new creative ideas."

The Tutor: Andrew Weale is a poet and author of five picture books, including Nora: The Girl Who Ate and Ate and Ate, and the Red House Award winning Spooky Spooky House. He also lectures on picture book writing at Winchester University as part of the Children’s Writing MA, and mentors writers for the highly successful Golden Egg Academy.

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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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- respond to, and assess, pieces of writing with sensitivity
- use various writing techniques through which your creativity can be expressed
- appraise the variety of books available for children today
- identify the different age categories into which children’s fiction is categorised by mainstream publishing
- discuss the essential elements of a story and explain how to adapt them to particular age groups.

Bring a notebook, paper and writing materials, enthusiasm and loads of persistence. A reading list will available from City Lit or online by the start of the course.

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Subjects

  • Writing for children
  • Writing

Course programme

The picture book format, writing picture book text, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, animals in fiction, books for young readers, chapter books for developing readers, fiction for the more confident readers, relevant child development and interests of children, writing for older children and young adults.

Talks, illustrated with contemporary children’s books Class writing exercises Group discussion and group work Independent reading and writing projects inside and outside class. 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

Advanced workshop courses will be offered in the following academic term, so students with a work-in-progress can continue to receive in-depth feedback on their work. 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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