The Everything Guide to Writing Children's Books: From Cultivating an Idea to Finding the Right Publisher All You Need to Launch a Successful Career

by Lesley Bolton

A guide to writing and publishing a children's book covers such topics as formulating an idea, creating an outline, finding an illustrator, and designing a proposal. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580627854
• ISBN13: 9781580627856
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Everything
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Everything Guide to Writing Children's Books

Excellent book. Arrived promptly. I read this book (from the library) before I bought it, and I knew it would be worth having!

A really wonderful resource for novice writers!!!

I have always loved creative writing, and I think that like me, anyone who enjoys writing entertains the thought of writing a book at one point or another. I began thumbing through this at a bookstore one afternoon and was sold on it in about 30 seconds.The authors of this book are realistic - they know that when people sit down and begin to write, the journey begins to look quite daunting and many give up after a few lines or pages. There is a lot to learn, to think about, to research. They want you to give it the old college try, as they say, so this book is here to help you and make it a bit more fun along the way! This "how to" helpers guide gives tips on making your own space to write in, finding your "voice" and genre, keeping journals for ideas and to fan those artistic flames, literary terms, and even some writing seminars to attend and publishers of children's literature.The tone of any advice in this book is firm but reassuring. Don't expect to get overnight results or quit your job for instant fame and success, but DO work hard and have fun while you're crafting your masterpiece, and something great may come of it. With any luck and this book by my side, who knows? Maybe I'll turn out the next "Harry Potter" series. :o)