Writing for Children

By Institute for Writers

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Do you want to learn how to write for children? The Institute of Children's Literature has taught hundreds of thousands of aspiring writers, and the director of ICL is the host of Writing for Children. Bestselling children's author Katie Davis focuses on the craft of writing for children: how to write a children’s book, how to write for children’s magazines, how to get paid, and get published. There are listener questions, with answers from the experts at the Institute, plus hard-to-find resources and links included in every week's show notes. If you want to learn about how to get into children's publishing, Listen!

Episode Date
Industry Insider Tips with Hannah Holt | Writng for Children 244
May 21, 2021
Four Ways to Learn to Love Nonfiction | Writing for Children 243
May 07, 2021
Launching a Story from a Title | Writing for Children 242
Apr 23, 2021
Top 3 Narrative Nonfiction Missteps | Writing for Children 241
Apr 16, 2021
Why Entering Contests Helps YOU | Writing for Children 240
Apr 09, 2021
8 Tips for Your Writer Website | Writing for Children 239
Apr 02, 2021
5 Questions About Author Platform | Writing for Children 238
Mar 26, 2021
Interview with Victoria Bond | Writing for Children 237
Mar 19, 2021
Finding Your Childlike Voice | Writing for Children 236
Mar 12, 2021
Authentic Kid Voices | Writing for Children 235
Mar 05, 2021
Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan | Writing for Children 234
Feb 28, 2021
Active and Passive Voice | Writing for Children 233
Feb 19, 2021
Interview with Talia Benamy | Writing for Children 232
Feb 12, 2021
Things That Make Editors Cringe | Writing for Children 231
Jan 23, 2021
Agent Adria Goetz| Writing for Children 230
Jan 15, 2021
Submissions | Writing for Children 229
Jan 08, 2021
NaNoWriMo Success: You're This Close | Writing for Children 228
Nov 27, 2020
NaNoWriMo Success - Throw in a Dragon? | Writing for Children 227
Nov 21, 2020
NaNoWriMo Success - Get Past the Slump | Writing for Children 226
Nov 13, 2020
NaNoWriMo Success - Digging In | Writing for Children 225
Nov 06, 2020
NaNoWriMo Success - Prepare | Writing for Children 224
Oct 30, 2020
Tips for Your Mystery Opening Chapters | Writing for Children 223
Oct 23, 2020
Planting Clues | Writing for Children 222
Oct 16, 2020
Interview with Kate Milford | Writing for Children 221
Oct 09, 2020
Planning Your Novel | Writing for Children 220
Oct 02, 2020
For the Love of Genre | Writing for Children 219
Sep 26, 2020
Real Speech for Real People | Writing for Children 218
Sep 18, 2020
Jamie K. Schmidt | Writing for Children 217
Sep 11, 2020
8 Steps to Perfect Dialogue Format | Writing for Children 216
Sep 04, 2020
How Structured is Your Picture Book? | Writing for Children 215
Aug 28, 2020
Become Your Own Editor | Writing for Children 214
Aug 21, 2020
Comma Long with Me | Writing for Children 213
Aug 14, 2020
Interview wth Paula Morrow | Writing for Children 212
Aug 07, 2020
Basic Story Elements | Writing for Children 211
Jul 31, 2020
Interjecting Humor into Your Work | Writing for Children 210
Jul 24, 2020
How to Write Funny | Writing for Children 209
Jul 17, 2020
Playing Fair with Plot | Writing for Children 208
Jul 10, 2020
Interview with Nancy Coffelt | Writing for Children 207
Jul 03, 2020
Pacing 101 | Writing for Children 206
Jun 26, 2020
Voice | Writing for Children 205
Jun 19, 2020
Getting Down and Dirty with Plot | Writing for Children 204
Jun 12, 2020
Interview with Wanda Brunstetter | Writing for Children 203
Jun 05, 2020
Emma Dryden | Writing for Children 202
May 29, 2020
Setting as a Character | Writing for Children 201
May 22, 2020
Revision: Don't Got It Alone | Writing for Children 200
May 15, 2020
Interview with Charlie N. Holmberg | Writing for Children 199
May 08, 2020
Elements of Setting | Writing for Children 198
May 01, 2020
Poetry for the Very Young | Writing for Children 197
Apr 24, 2020
Poetry-Based Revision | Writing for Children 196
Apr 17, 2020
How to Write a Rhyming PIcture Book That Won't Get Rejected | Writing for Children 195
Apr 10, 2020
Interview with Poet Patrice Vecchione | Writing for Children 194
Apr 03, 2020
Newbery Winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti | Writing for Children 193
Mar 27, 2020
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone | Writing for Children 192
Mar 20, 2020
4 Ways to Learn to Love Nonfiction| Writing for Children 191
Mar 13, 2020
Interview with Elena Favilli | Writing for Children 190
Mar 06, 2020
Interview with Talia Benamy | Writing for Children 189
Feb 28, 2020
Misunderstood Verbs | Writing for Children 188
Feb 21, 2020
10 Things That Make Editors Cringe | Writing for Children 187
Feb 14, 2020
Andrea Loney | Writing for Children 186
Feb 08, 2020
Newbery Medalist Jerry Craft | Writing for Children 185
Jan 31, 2020
Finding Your Character's Childlike Voice | Writing for Children 184
Jan 24, 2020
The Big Effect of Dialogue Attribution | Writing for Children 183
Jan 18, 2020
Interview with Kate DiCamillo | Writing for Children 182
Jan 11, 2020
Revision: Don't Go It Alone | Writing for Children 181
Jan 03, 2020
Renée LaTulippe | Writing for Children 180
Dec 27, 2019
Failure is Proof of Effort | Writing for Children 179
Dec 20, 2019
Revision Power Tips | Writing for Children 178
Dec 14, 2019
Browbeaten into Submission | Writing for Children 177
Nov 30, 2019
Break into Publishing | Writing for Children 176
Nov 22, 2019
6 Steps to Submission Success | Writing for Children 175
Nov 15, 2019
Assembling Your Submission Package | Writing for Children 174
Nov 08, 2019
Interview with Emma Walton Hamilton | Writing for Children 173
Nov 01, 2019
Borrowing the Knowledge You Need | Writing for Children 172
Oct 25, 2019
Pitfalls of Research | Writing for Children 171
Oct 18, 2019
Finding Markets for Your Writing | Writing for Children 170
Oct 11, 2019
Interview with Susan Campbell Bartoletti | Writing for Children 169
Oct 04, 2019
Reshaping Your Story Part 2 | Writing for Children 168
Sep 28, 2019
Reshaping Your Story Part 1 | Writing for Children 167
Sep 20, 2019
Revision: Don't Go It Alone | Writing for Children 166
Sep 13, 2019
Interview with Renee LaTulippe | Writing for Children 165
Sep 06, 2019
Guest Expert Pascale Duguay | Writing for Children 164
Aug 30, 2019
What to Expect From a Writing Conference Pt 2 | Writing for Children 163
Aug 23, 2019
What to Expect When You're Expecting to Go to a Writing Conference Pt 1 | Writing for Children 162
Aug 16, 2019
Protecting Your Reputation on Social Media | Writing for Children 161
Aug 09, 2019
Interview with David Katz | Writing for Children 160
Aug 02, 2019
34 Things Your Website Needs Part 2 | Writing for Children 159
Jul 26, 2019
34 Things Your Website Needs Part 1 | Writing for Children 158
Jul 19, 2019
Create Your Author Platform | Writing for Children 157
Jul 12, 2019
Interview with Josh Funk | Writing for Children 156
Jul 05, 2019
Is it a Memoir or Autobiography? | Writing for Children 155
Jun 29, 2019
Being Inspired by Everyday Objects | Writing for Children 154
Jun 21, 2019
Creating Charaters Inspired by Real Life | Writing for Children 153
Jun 14, 2019
An Interview with Jerry Craft | Writing for Children 152
Jun 07, 2019
Sophisticated Show & Tell Part 2 | Writing for Children 151
May 31, 2019
Sophisticated Show & Tell Part 1 | Writing for Children 150
May 24, 2019
Set Up Your Plot | Writing for Children 149
May 17, 2019
What Goes Into Effective Description | Writing for Children 148
May 10, 2019
An Interview with Emma D. Dryden | Writing for Children 147
May 03, 2019
9 Tips to Keep You Unstuck | Writing for Children 146
Apr 26, 2019
Try Something Scary | Writing for Children 145
Apr 19, 2019