Description
Three Saturdays, Oct 18-Nov 1, 10:30am-4:30pm
Open to all
Limited to 12 participants
In-Person Workshop*
This workshop is designed to provide a supportive framework for discussing and engaging in the process of writing for middle grade and young adult readers. (We will not be covering picture books or chapter books for younger kids.) Participants will be encouraged to bring a work-in-progress or idea-in-progress and optionally share up to 20 pages of their writing. We will cover topics such as…
- the author’s responsibility when writing for young readers
- assessing the target audience
- choice of material
- technical tricks of the trade
- popular genres
- pitfalls
- difficult subject matter
- editing
- illustrations / graphic novels
- individual goals.
Though not the main focus of the workshop, information about publishing will be included. I will also send out a suggested reading list as soon as registration closes and will be interested in hearing about everyone’s favourite books.
*This workshop will take place exclusively in-person at the QWF Office (Room 3, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec).
