Adults Writing for Children Workshop

If your dream is to become a children’s author, then this nut-and-bolts approach will get you well on your way. Topics covered include the basics of writing (hooks/ beginnings, character development, plot, sentence, and story structure) as well as manuscript format, query letters, submission strategies, publishers, editors, and agents. It’s a thorough, concise overview of the bunny-eat-bunny world of writing for children!

Fee: Minimum $1,000 
Time: 6 hours, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m

Sessions Included in Workshop

Let the Games Begin

For unpublished writers wanting to break into the magazine market or anyone who warms to a challenge. Games and puzzles – an overlooked publishing opportunity.
45-60 minutes

First Page, Lasting Impression

Send the first page by (DATE) and find out if your manuscript will make it out of the slush pile. Diane is a former submissions reader for Peachtree Publishers in Atlanta. Limit 10 first pages per session. (One of my most popular workshops.)
45-60 minutes

A Picture Book is Worth a Thousand Words or Less

It takes more than just vivid verbs and colorful words to get your picture book manuscript plucked from an editor’s slush pile. With a focus on structure, learn the necessary components of picture book writing and what editors are looking for. (This is another popular workshop.)
45-60 minutes

A Potpourri of Poetry

How to write poetry that wiggles the funny bone, warms the heart, and wows the editor.
45-60 minutes

What’s the Meter With You?

Is there no reason in your rhyme? Do you stumble and fall over your iambs and dactyls? Are you stressed out over unstressed syllables? This workshop covers the necessary components for writing GOOD rhyming picture books. (Another popular workshop. My first picture book, Bus-A-Saurus Bop won a 2004 Children’s Choice Award.)
45-60 minutes

To Market, To Market to Sell Your First Book

The average picture book goes out of print in five years. Learn how to successfully promote your book BEFORE and AFTER it is published and ensure multiple printings.
45-60 minutes