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A Writer’s Book of Lists

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 20, 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 > This week I bought one of those journals where the pages have dots instead of lines, a bullet journal. I did it because my desk has a tendency to become a bunny…

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Off the Beaten Path

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 13, 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 > You might notice that the markets this week are off the beaten path, outside of what we normally think of when we’re considering markets for our work. Today, publishing is a massive…

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Reconnecting with a Work in Progress

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueSeptember 6, 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 problems with writing is that it’s fairly difficult to complete a project in one sitting. It can sometimes be a bit easier with a picture book where the rough…

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Don’t Crash on the Rock of Talent

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 30, 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 > I have heard some people argue that good writing cannot be taught. It is innate or it simply doesn’t exist. Sure, they will argue, most people can learn to communicate competently through…

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Show Up To Learn

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 23, 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 > In-Person Learning For most writers, conferences and in-person workshops are gifts we give ourselves. Often these options aren’t cheap, but they let us get out of our homes and mix with other…

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Reading: Osmosis Education

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 15, 20183 Comments

Love of story isn’t the only reason successful writers are readers. Reading is one of the best writing teachers because it teaches us without us even noticing.

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Behind the Curtain

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 9, 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 > Whenever you get a chance to watch a really good magician, it’s easy to get caught up in the wonder of what they’re doing. But if you’re an adult, and driven by…

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Revision: Revising By the Bones

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 26, 20182 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 love outlines. They outline everything they write and feel it gives the story order and direction. Some hate outlines and feel that an outline makes a story rigid and lifeless.…

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Writer Reason Vs. Story Reason

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 19, 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 > Generally the things we put into our work have strong writer reasons for being there. The main character has a sidekick to give him someone to talk to so the scenes have…

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Revising Your Picture Book for Clear Structure | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 12, 20184 Comments

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 major problems editors encounter when reading picture book submissions is the lack of plot, or even purposeful organization. Many picture books basically start with the character waking up, then…

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Distance: The Key to Revision

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJuly 5, 20181 Comment

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As most writers know, it’s much easier to find the flaws in someone else’s work than to find the flaws in your own. Part of the reason for this is distance. When…

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Nonfiction: Let’s Talk More About Sources

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 28, 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 valuable tools in any writer’s toolbox is the ability to evaluate sources. What is a trustworthy source? How do I know? Should I always avoid Internet sources? Is…

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4 Ways a Fiction Writer Can Learn to Love Nonfiction | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 21, 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 > Many fiction writers shy away from nonfiction. They are afraid it takes skills they don’t have, or that they’ll be bored in writing it. But good fiction writers already have the skills…

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Active Nonfiction

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 14, 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 > Nonfiction does many things for readers. Sometimes it tells them a story. Sometimes it informs. But sometimes the whole point of the nonfiction piece is to help and encourage the reader to…

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The Importance of Nonfiction

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJune 7, 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 > Many writers view nonfiction as less: less creative than fiction, less fun than fiction, less interesting to kids than fiction, and definitely something they want to do less often. Some will accept…

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Developing Characters: What Are Their Extremes? | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 24, 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 > Writing a compelling character is often about extremes. The best characters are believable but pressured. The whole point of a plot, in fact, is to apply pressure to a character to make…

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Character Development: A Rose By Any Other Name | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 17, 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 > Some of us struggle with finding names for characters. As I write (on average) 6 to 10 books a year, I have to come up with a lot of names. And if…

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Character Development: Every Character is a Casserole | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 3, 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 > Character creation can be approached in many different ways, but overall, most great characters come about as a mixture. Like a particularly tasty casserole, a writer grabs a pinch of this and…

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Tighten Up the Weakest Link for a Contest Win | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueApril 12, 2018Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Judging a contest is an interesting activity because it happens in layers. The first layer is simply removing from consideration all the entries that are not appropriate at all (prose memoirs sent to a poetry contest for young…

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Story Development and Revision

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 22, 20184 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 writers, especially newer writers, revision is mainly a step for fixing typing errors, spelling errors and grammar mistakes. Some may have a checklist of things to look for such as…

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