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Using an Object for Inspiration

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 11, 20182 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Over the holidays, as I was putting out the holiday decorations, my daughter and I took time to talk about some the ornaments and other well-loved decorations. Some decorations brought back memories…

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Must I Be Unique?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 4, 2018Leave 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 crippling things a writer can do in the early stage of any book is worry about whether your story (or something like it) has been done before. First,…

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Not All Children’s Books Are Picture Books | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 28, 20175 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > For many people new to writing for children, all children’s books are picture books. If you ask them what they are working on, they’ll say, “a children’s book” as if that is…

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How to Achieve Success in 2018

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 21, 2017Leave 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 new year will be upon us soon, and it’s a good time to make plans to increase our chances of publication success in 2018. Now, it helps to know what you…

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How to Title Your Book

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 14, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalg > Coming up with a title for your work in progress can be easy or really hard. Sometimes the title comes to you early, and you just always know what you want to…

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Self-publishing v. Traditional Publishing

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 7, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > If you read a lot of information about writing: essays like this one, discussions like the ones on the Institute’s Facebook pages and in either of our groups, writing books, writer’s magazines, you’ll eventually realize…

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Want Some Exercise?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 30, 20172 Comments

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Writing exercises can be fun. They can also help you exercise your writing muscles and break through a block you might be having. So it’s always good to know where to find…

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Copyright and You

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 23, 20171 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Copyright, because it is an area of law, can be scary for writers, and many new writers worry about their work being stolen; they want to know what to do to protect…

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How to Make Money as a Writer: A Primer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 16, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Most people who get involved in writing have some level of hope that it will produce money. As an instructor with the Institute, I had many students who told me they hoped…

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Compare and Despair or Mentor Texts? – Institute for Writers

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 9, 2017Leave 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 Competition Some book publishers are now specifically asking writers to look at competing books when sending in manuscript submissions, partial submissions, queries, or book proposals. And this request can seem overwhelming…

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When the Ideas Won’t Come

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 2, 2017Leave 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 questions writers tend to be asked a lot is “where do you get your ideas?” Of course, two other questions are “can you read something for me?” and “can…

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Writing Samples, Part Deux: Nonfiction

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 26, 2017Leave 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 samples are those bits of writing that we send to educational publishers (and a few trade publishers) who are looking to staff specific projects with good writers. In these situations, the…

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Busy, What to Do When You Have a Lack of Time to Write

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 19, 2017Leave a comment

How address your lack of time to write in the middle of holiday chaos.

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Keeping Separate Writing Separate

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 12, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Some writers write only one sort of book: picture books, mysteries, science fiction, humor, racy romance, etc. But many writers jump around in their careers and tackle whatever project bubbles up in…

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Creating Quality Dialogue

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 5, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > A while ago on the Institute’s Facebook page, someone was asking about dialogue, which made me think again about this important writing tool. Readers love dialogue because it makes a scene and a…

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How to Choose Your Educational Writing Sample | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 28, 2017Leave 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 Secrets to Samples Many of us who write for educational publishers are very familiar with samples. These are the bits of writing publishers use to judge whether you’re a writer who…

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How Does It All End?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 21, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Talking about how to end a book or story is a bit harder than talking about how to begin one. The first paragraph of a book doesn’t really count as a spoiler…

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When It All Starts to Sag

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 14, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Momentum is a delicate thing in writing. Sometimes you start out revving along in a novel, falling in love with your main character, fascinated by the situation you’re creating and cranking out…

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Writers Make the Best Friends

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 7, 2017Leave 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 can be a lonely art form. Unlike performance artists, you don’t have audience reaction to rev you up. And sometimes family and friends aren’t incredibly supportive, especially during the early years…

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Once Upon a Time

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 31, 2017Leave a comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Every story has a beginning. The best beginnings grab our attention and make us eager to read on. The best beginnings give a sense of sort of story we’re going to get…

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