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2.25.21 ICL The Agents of V.O.I.C.E Work Undercover For the Best Writing

The Agent of V.O.I.C.E: Work Undercover for the Best Writing

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 25, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When we think about voice, the goal really is to create effective and memorable writing. Voice is not some false face a writer puts on simply to get attention. When writers do…

2182021 ICL Word Choice and Voice

Word Choice and Voice

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 18, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Anyone who has read my past essays much will know that I’m often anti-rules and pro-purpose. In other words, I believe that nearly any writing choice can be made as long as…

2112021 ICL More Than One Sound Creating Voice in Characters

More Than One Sound: Creating Voice in Characters | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueFebruary 11, 20212 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As I said last week, every written piece has voice of some sort. It may be a bit lost in the beginning efforts of learning how to write clearly, but it’s there.…

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Deidrea DeWitt

Published GradsBy Jacque IrizarryFebruary 5, 2021Leave a comment

THE REBELLION
February 5, 2021

12821 ICL Cover and Query Letters

Cover and Query Letters

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 28, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The vast majority of submissions you will make during your publishing career will include a letter. If the letter travels on its own, it is a query letter and must carry a…

12121 ICL The Odd Bits of Submission

The Odd Bits of Submission

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 21, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Not all publishers ask for the same things during the submissions process, and sometimes the listed requirements for a submission or a proposal can be confusing. After all, surely all they really…

Shoba Srinivasan Winners Circle

Shoba Srinivasan

Published GradsBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 15, 2021Leave a comment

How Many Lines in a Limerick? Poetic Forms and Literary Terms for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2021

11421 ICL Electronic Submissions

Electronic Submissions

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 14, 2021Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Wouldn’t it be nice if you only had to learn one set of rules about how to make a submission to a publisher, and that way would always be exactly right? There…

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Roseanne McDonald

Published GradsBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 8, 2021Leave a comment

Diamond Rattle Loves to Tattle
January 8, 2021

1721 ICL Five Strategies For Successful Submissions

Five Strategies For Successful Submissions | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 7, 20212 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > There are few things more frightening than submitting your work for publication. First, there is always the chance of rejection, which is painful. And then, there is the worry that you’re simply…

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Ashley Bartley

Published GradsBy Jacque IrizarryJanuary 2, 2021Leave a comment

Diamond Rattle Loves to Tattle
January 2, 2021

12242020 ICL Hope The Most Important Goal

Hope: The Most Important Goal

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 24, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Between economic worries and health worries, this year has been tough for a lot of us. Some writers have simply found that the weight of the worry seriously hurt their ability to…

12172020 ICL Becoming a Fearless Writer

Becoming a Fearless Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 17, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > All of us struggle with fear. It’s natural. Rejection is painful, so we want to avoid it. As a writer, avoiding that fear usually means reducing the number of submissions we make,…

12102020 ICL One Good Goal For All

One Good Goal For All

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 10, 20202 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Much of the time, when we come up with our goals connected to writing, they involve writing a certain number of words, completing a project, or submitting material. But there is one…

1232020 ICL Making Goals In Uncertain Times

Making Goals In Uncertain Times

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 3, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > With publishing still adjusting to the results of a pandemic, there has never been a more important time to recognize that goal setting is all about planning for things you have the…

11262020 ICL Maybe What You Need Isnt a Market

Maybe What You Need Isn’t a Market

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 26, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Maybe It’s An Agent For writers with high concept books (works that can be summed up in a few, movie-poster type words) or who are writing primarily young adult novels, you may…

11192020 ICL Finding Markets In Difficult Times

Finding Markets in Difficult Times

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 19, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As with virtually every industry, publishing has faced new challenges during the pandemic, even though book sales have stayed strong (especially in children’s books). The issues aren’t with lack of sales, but…

11122020 ICL You Only Need One

You Only Need One

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 12, 20201 Comment

The whole publishing process is a journey up a mountain after the path has been washed out. Remember, it only takes one editor to connect with your work.

1152020 ICL From Writing To Selling

From Writing to Selling

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 5, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The first thing to understand about writing is that publishing doesn’t make you a writer. Writing makes you a writer. So if you write fanfiction or raging opinion pieces or notebooks full…

10222020 ICL Mystery Sidekicks

Mystery Sidekicks

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 22, 2020Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The sidekick, a character who supports the main character, is almost as much a part of a good mystery as the detective. The sidekick gives the detective someone to discuss the case…

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