The annual, bestselling guide to all aspects of the media and how to write and illustrate for children and young adults. Acknowledged by the media industries and authors as the essential guide to how to get published. The 70+ articles are updated and added to each year. Together they provide invaluable guidance on subjects such as series fiction, writing historical or funny books, preparing an illustration portfolio, managing your finances, interpreting publishers' contracts, self-publishing your work. Foreword from a major writer for children tbc NEW articles for the 2019 edition include: - Writing news stories for children - Writing convincing dialogue - Creating graphic novels for children - How to manage your career as a writer All of the 2,000 listings of who to contact across the media have been reviewed and updated. The essential guide for any writer for children.
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Review:
Stuffed full of useful facts to help you get writing (and drawing). --Liz Pichon
Whenever people ask me about how to get their work for children published . . . the first words to come out of my mouth are always: Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. --Michael Rosen
How to get published? 1. Write a good book. 2. Read a good book - this one. --Charlie Higson
Book Description:
'To find yuor way as a children's author, the Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (CWAYB) should be your first port of call.' Sarah Crossan in her Foreword to this edition
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- PublisherBloomsbury Yearbooks
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1472947614
- ISBN 13 9781472947611
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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