Interior Professional Children's Writing:

Tutorial 1: So You Want to Write for Children?
Topic 1: Welcome to the world of writing for children
Topic 2: Children’s writing and you
Topic 3: Genres in children’s writing
Topic 4: Viewpoints you can use
Topic 5: Understanding your goals
Topic 6: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 2. Getting Ideas for Stories
Topic 1: What can i write about
Topic 2: Organising your ideas
Topic 3: What is your story about?
Topic 4: Establish the setting
Topic 5: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 3. Writing Picture Books
Topic 1: Why write a picture book?
Topic 2: Putting together a picture book
Topic 3: Choosing a great topic
Topic 4: Keys to a successful picture book
Topic 5: Words still matter!
Topic 6: Pictures and more
Topic 7: Checklist for your story
Topic 8: Presenting your manuscript to
the publisher
Topic 9: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 4. Writing Chapter Books
Topic 1: Who are your readers?
Topic 2: What are chapter books?
Topic 3: Great ideas for chapter books
Topic 4: Beginnings, middles and ends
Topic 5: Writing a story for children—checklist
Topic 6: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 5. Creating Living Characters
Topic 1:The main character
Topic 2: The other characters
Topic 3: Writing dialogue
Topic 4: More tips from the professionals
Topic 5: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 6: Manuscript Editing
Topic 1: What is editing?
Topic 2: Attention to detail
Topic 3: Valuable feedback
Topic 4: Laying out your manuscript
Topic 5: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 7. Genre and Writing for Teens
Topic 1: What is genre?
Topic 2: Teenage fiction
Topic 3: Make them laugh
Topic 4: Other genres
Topic 5: Developing your own writing style
Topic 6: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 8. Writing for the Education Market
Topic 1: What is educational publishing?
Topic 2: Educational publishing in australia
Topic 3: Publishing specifications
Topic 4: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 9. Writing Fun Non-Fiction for Children
Topic 1: Getting started
Topic 2: Non-fiction picture books for emergent readers
Topic 3: How to overcome writer’s block
Topic 4: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 10. Getting Published
Topic 1: The first steps
Topic 2: How to find your publisher
Topic 3: Proposals or manuscripts?
Topic 4: Do you need an agent?
Topic 5: Formatting your manuscript
Topic 6: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 11. Book Contracts and Payment
Topic 1: After rejection comes acceptance
Topic 2: Contracts
Topic 3: Copyright
Topic 4: Writing to contract standards
Topic 5: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 12: Promoting Your Children’s Books
Topic 1: The marketing process
Topic 2: Your role in the marketing process
Topic 3: Grants, awards and other ways to earn a living
Topic 4: Meeting other writers
Topic 5: Getting organised
Topic 6: Tutorial summary