Diary of a Student

Take a peek inside the Institute of Children's Literature course Writing for Children & Teens as student (and now graduate!) Kimberley Moran shares her journey from beginning to end.

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A View from the Inside
June 7, 2016
I’d seen the ad before: “Take our aptitude assessment and if you qualify, one our instructors––all of whom are nationally published authors––will be your personal mentor on every single assignment in...
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Week Two - Writing for Children and Teenagers
June 14, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Kimberley Gets Serious About Writing for Children and Teenagers
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Week Three - Writing for Children and Teenagers
June 21, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication To Trust or Not to Trust the Process? That is the Question.
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Week Four - Writing for Children and Teenagers
June 28, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Through Thick and Thin
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Week Five - Writing for Children and Teens
July 5, 2016
The Difference Between Wordy and Concise I don’t love what I’m writing, I love that I’m writing.
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Week Six - Writing for Children and Teenagers
July 12, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Notebooking for the win
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Week Seven - Writing for Children and Teenagers
July 19, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Blossoming into the Writer You Were Meant to Be
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Week Eight - Writing for Children and Teens
July 26, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Insecurity vs. Determination - Who Will Win?
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Week Nine - Writing for Children and Teens
August 2, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication The Research Assembly Line
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Week Ten - Writing for Children and Teens
August 9, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication The 30 Minute Success Story
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Week Eleven - Writing for Children and Teens
August 16, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Things are not always how they seem
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Week Twelve - Writing for Children and Teens
August 23, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Connecting the threads of your characters
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Week Thirteen - Writing for Children and Teens
August 30, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication How Writing is Like Climbing a Mountain
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Week Fourteen - Writing for Children and Teens
September 6, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Raising Strong Characters
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Week Fifteen - Writing for Children and Teens
September 13, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Life as a Working Writer
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Week Sixteen - Writing for Children and Teens
September 20, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication When Life Gets in the Way of Writing
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Week Seventeen - Writing for Children and Teens
September 27, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Why Take a Writing Course
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Week Eighteen - Writing for Children and Teens
October 4, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Learning the Language of Publishing
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Week Nineteen - Writing for Children and Teens
October 11, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication How to Brainstorm Article Ideas
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Week Twenty - Writing for Children and Teens
October 18, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Observe Life, Write Better
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Week Twenty-One - Writing for Children and Teens
October 25, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Be an Original
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Week Twenty-Two - Writing for Children and Teens
November 1, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Kimberley answers your questions
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Week Twenty-Three - Writing for Children and Teens
November 8, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Kimberley answers more of your questions!
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Week Twenty-Four - Writing for Children and Teens
November 15, 2016
From Inspiration to Publication Lessons Learned
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