Writing for Children I: Introduction

Have you ever told yourself that someday you will write a children's book? Now's your chance!

Join us as we demystify the writing process and examine the wide variety of books offered to children: picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, children's magazines, fiction and nonfiction. If you want to write for children but don't know where to start, this course is for you. It reveals the best way to choose an idea, how to benefit from critique to improve your revisions, and how to write a catchy query letter or intriguing cover letter to capture an editor's attention. Tips for marketing your work, when it's ready, will also be offered.

Quarters Offered: Fall (in-class); Spring (online)
Course Fee: $395
Prerequisite: None; writers of all levels are welcome.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email the academic department at ahl@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: WCWP-40186
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Children’s Book Writing, Creative Writing

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4/6/2020 - 6/6/2020

$395

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  147036

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online, Web-based instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Tomp, Sarah, Author of My Best Everything, a novel for young adults (March 2015, Little Brown Books) and Red, White and Blue Good-bye, a picture book; active member of SCBWI.

  Sarah Tomp is the author of "My Best Everything," and, upcoming, "The Easy Part of Impossible," novels for young adults as well as "Red, White and Blue Good-Bye," a picture book. Her work has also appeared in Highlights Magazine for Children. Tomp holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is an active member of SCBWI.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No refunds after: 4/10/2020.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 3/9/2020).
  

• NOTE:

  SCBWI/MOPA members can receive our $25 Early Enrollment discount prior to course start date. The max discount a MOPA/SCBWI member can receive for one class is $25. It is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership. /// This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You'll have access to your online course on the published start date. Login on your MyExtension account, select My Courses and click the link under LOCATION.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  4/6/2020 - 6/6/2020
  ucsdextension.blackboard.com
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.