Writing a Children's Book

Lesson 4: Shaping and Pacing.

Exercises and Bibliography

Exercise

Read at least two SCBs published in the past few years. Notice the points at which they seem more mature than the JCBs you read before. How old are the main characters? How do they interact? Are they boys or girls, or a mixture?

Bibliography.

"Alien Dawn", Maggie Pearson.

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Lessons

Introduction

Lesson 1: Writing for Children

Lesson 2: Planning Your Book.

Lesson 3: Casting Your Book.

Lesson 4: Shaping and Pacing.

• How to Shape Your Plan

• Shaping Plans for Longer Books

• Unwritten Rules about Subjects.

• Specific level - Senior Chapter Books.

• Supplement. Anatomy of a specific SCB.

• W.I.P. Section. Troubleshooting Your Plan.

• Exercises and Bibliography

Lesson 5: Beginning your Book.

Lesson 6: Writing the Middle.

Lesson 7: Climax and Ending.

Lesson 8: Polishing and Editing.