How to Write a Successful Picture Book Whidbey Island Writers Association (WIWA) is offering an all day picture book workshop led by best-selling author Bonny Becker. In the workshop, you’ll learn: - what makes a good picture book idea - specific steps to creating a good story, including a beginning that grabs editors, a middle... Continue Reading →
Lois Harris writing workshop
Writing for Children: Critiquing Workshop Come North, ye writers for children! Lois V. Harris will be covering the elements, advantages and disadvantages of in-person and online critiques, etiquette, and guidelines plus manuscript feedback at Skagit Valley College, May 5, and May 12, 6:30 to 8 PM. Cost is $49. Register for 6105... Continue Reading →
Workshop with Lois Harris
Lois V. Harris will offer a workshop, “Writing for Children: Guidelines for Seven Major Categories of Children’s Books,” at Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon campus, February 18, 2016 and February 25, 2016, 6:30 to 8 PM. Learn about each category and how to write back matter. Tweak your manuscript and share your results. Cost: $49.... Continue Reading →
Richard Jesse Watson’s workshop
The wonderful and wise Richard Jesse Watson has spaces still open in his upcoming workshop. What a great way to dig into your craft this summer! Workshop: The Art of Writing for Children with Author/Illustrator Richard Jesse Watson July 18 & 19, 2015 • Saturday & Sunday The Writers' Workshoppe/Imprint Books Port Townsend, WA Watson will demonstrate character development... Continue Reading →
Register! Right here. Right now.
Registration is officially open for the 2014 Write Here, Write Now, a unique literary intensive. Sponsored by the Seattle7 Writers, the day features mini-lessons and tips from Seattle7 Writers and friends; receive consultations; write for sustained blocks of time; listen to opening and closing remarks by Claire Dederer and Garth Stein; and much, much more.... Continue Reading →
Learn to make liars
How do you create characters as rich as Micah, the main character of Justine Larbalestier's LIAR? Find out from Justine's agent. There are still a few seats left in the "Dynamics of Character" workshop being presented by agent Jill Grinberg on Friday, October 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is only $45. Not... Continue Reading →
Upcoming events: a catch-all
A roundup of noteworthy events, classes, workshops, and other goings-on. Stay in the loop! Preview Class: Jolie Stekly and Nina Hess will present a free preview class for the UW Writing for Children certificate program for the 2013-14 school year. The two-hour preview class will be informative, experiential, and interactive, and give you a sense... Continue Reading →
Find a Trusted Reader for Your Middle-Grade Novel
Writing the middle-grade novel means writing in that fine line between the mind of a child and the uncharted territory of an adolescent. At the Whole Novel Workshop, we offer trusted readers on our faculty who are also published authors and editors working on fiction targeted for middle school children. If you have a manuscript... Continue Reading →