Writing a Children's Book

By Sally Odgers

Lesson 5: Beginning your Book.

Exercises and Bibliography

Exercise

Study a couple of recently published YA novels. Read the blurbs, and then the first pages. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, skip through reading passages at random, and check out the end. You should get a good idea of tone and vocabulary.

Bibliography.

“Orange Outlaw”, by Ron Roy. Random, 2001.

“Hero”, by Sally Odgers. Koala Books, 1998, 1999, 2000.

“I’m Big Enough”, by Sally Odgers. Koala Books, 2002.

“Alien Dawn” by Maggie Pearson. Hodder Headline, 1997.

“Trinity Street” by Sally Odgers. HarperCollins 1997.

The “Anne” series by L.M. Montgomery. Various editions, 1908 onwards.

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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.
Lesson 5: Beginning your Book.
• How to Write a Good Beginning.
• More About Beginnings.
• Viewpoint
• Tense
• Specific Level - YA Novels.
• Supplement. Anatomy of a Specific YA Novel.
• W.I.P. Section. Writing Your First Chapter.
• Exercises and Bibliography
Lesson 6: Writing the Middle.
Lesson 7: Climax and Ending.
Lesson 8: Polishing and Editing.