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Month: July 2020

Three Act Structure Chart

Posted on July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 by steve

This handy chart was created by Advanced Fiction Writing student David Lovelock, who explained: When constructing outlines for a novel, I like to create a one-page overview that allows me to visualize and move my ideas around.  Attached is what I’ve created to help with creating the main points of a Three Act Structure. I…

Intensive Research Is Important for Children”s Nonfiction

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 by steve

by  Donya Dickerson, from Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market Author Robie Harris” books It”s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health and It”s So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families focus on sexual health for kids. Here, Harris talks about the process of doing extensive research as she prepared her manuscripts. Robie Harris never…

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