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11122020 ICL You Only Need One

You Only Need One

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 12, 20202 Comments

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.

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…

10152020 ICL Mystery Detectives

Mystery Detectives

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 15, 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 > Any fan of mysteries would be happy to tell you that mystery detectives come in all shapes and forms. Some are detectives because they want to be like Sherlock Holmes, Encyclopedia Brown,…

1082020 ICL Follow That Clue

Follow That Clue!

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 8, 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 Clue-Theory-Test Method of Plotting Mysteries For many writers trying mystery writing for the first time, one of the things that feel the hardest is leaving clues for the reader. So let’s…

9242020 ICL Love Scenes Spicy or Sweet

Love Scenes: Spicy or Sweet?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 24, 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 > One of the issues with writing romance in young adult novels lies in the question of how far to push the love scenes. Do you stop at the kiss and fade to…

9172020 ICL Conflict Is So Romantic 1

Conflict Is So Romantic

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 17, 20203 Comments

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Like any strong story, romance needs conflict. Without conflict, romantic stories can be dully predictable. After all, the vast majority of romances end with the characters together. Readers are confident that will happen. So, it’s the journey to…

9102020 ICL Characters Make the Romance

Characters Make the Romance

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 10, 20203 Comments

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > With romance such an important element of YA novels, it can be easy to focus all the attention on creating the main character, only to give the second romantic lead less attention (and much of it focused on…

932020 ICL For Love of Romance

For Love of Romance

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 3, 20203 Comments

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The Romance novel is an example of the kind of evergreen genre that simply never stops selling and selling well. Not only that, but in young adult (YA) novels, some strong romantic element is nearly a requirement. YA…

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Walking Through a Developing Story Structure | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 27, 20203 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > It all begins in your head Those of us who tend to plan our stories extensively before we write don’t pull that plan from our heads in a complete, coherent form. Just…

8202020-ICL-Structure-in-Narrative-Nonfiction-Articles

Structure in Narrative Nonfiction Articles

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 20, 20207 Comments

Blending fiction structure with nonfiction facts makes narrative nonfiction a favorite of kids and educators. Discover how to successfully write this genre.

7302020-ICL-Does-Popularity-Matter

Does Popularity Matter?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 30, 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 > One of the most common pieces of writing advice is “write the story that is in you” with the companion advice of “trends don’t matter.” So is that actually correct? If you…

7232020-ICL-Feeling-Spoofy

Feeling Spoofy?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 23, 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 > One of the most antic ways to write humor is the spoof. A spoof is a story that pokes fun of a specific form or genre. It’s written as a caricature of…

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Five Steps To Finding Your Funny

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 16, 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 > Humor is a personal thing. There are things about humor that tend to be universal, but for each person, the specific things that will trigger amusement are different. And the level of…

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Humor For Older Readers

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 9, 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 > Humor For Older Readers Although teens may crack fewer knock-knock jokes or giggle less often over puns, humor is a popular ingredient in young adult books and stories. Humor can be both…

792020-ICL-You-Write-Funny

You Write Funny

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 2, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As a left-handed person, I’ve been told I write funny a number of times in my life. That comment is an interesting take on the word “funny.” We think of humor as…

61820 ICL Do I Have To Have a Plot

Do I Have To Have a Plot?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 18, 20202 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Some writers hesitate to talk about plot because they believe it equates to preplanning their stories. For the organic or seat-of-the-pants writer, pre-planning simply doesn’t work for the way story unfolds in…

61120 ICL From Zero To Sixty

From Zero To Sixty

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 11, 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 > One of the hardest parts of creating a strong plot that grabs the reader is knowing where to start. If you start too soon, you risk boring the reader with a lot…

6420 ICL The Dance of Plot and Theme

The Dance of Plot and Theme

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 4, 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 > Many writers struggle early in their writing journal when they try to sort out the difference between plot and theme. In fact, the two work in tandem to create a story but…

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Writing in Difficult Times

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 21, 20201 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > During this month of exploring the topic of world building, it seems appropriate to talk about the world building we’ve all been doing in real life during this pandemic. Just as when…

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Words As Art

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueApril 30, 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 > Writing is both a craft, which is learned and honed over time, and an art, which is unique and adds to our collective culture. And within the realm of writing, we generally…

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