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About the Course

This course is for curious students and aspiring authors with a passion for writing for young readers. Participate in a dynamic online community of writers as you experiment with your own writing and develop your voice. This course will guide you with a combination of video lectures, online readings, peer reviews, and guest appearances from world-renowned children’s authors. As you work through the writing exercises, you will give and receive feedback from your peers and gain tools and techniques for improving your writing. During this course you will identify stories that matter to you, explore cultural significance and boundaries, and shape your identity as a writer; become familiar with standard elements of narrative (character, setting, plot, theme, language, dialogue, point of view); reflect on your own work and practice essential self-editing skills; see the different ways in which words and art interact, and the possibilities of longer narrative forms; come away with practical insights into publishing options; and create a plan for pursuing your enthusiasm for writing. By the end of the course, you will have ten to twelve extracts of writing that you can develop into a portfolio. Join a dynamic community of many voices from around the world. Find inspiration in your own voice, heart, and place so that you can tell the stories for young readers you’ve always wanted to tell....

Top reviews

DB

Feb 6, 2016

I am a beginner wantabee author and publisher, first steps are elementary, as I need. Self paced, life can get in the way. Instructors are wonderful, as are the guest speakers and interviewees Thanks.

SV

Aug 25, 2023

its one of the best courses I have completed. just wonderful..very precise, revelant subjects and topics and very good activities. thankyou coursera. it was like meditation to me doing this course.

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By Keyome L S

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Jan 27, 2018

Enjoying reading other writer's work and the established writers commentaries. This is my first week and already learned a lot about writing.

By Michelle W

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Dec 17, 2019

This is a great introductory course that gives you an overview of important writing elements to consider writing short stories for children.

By PARTH M

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May 11, 2018

It was great overall. There were some minor difficulties in attending the course. The grading system could be better and costumer interface.

By Brata R

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Sep 25, 2021

This was a wonderful experience. I loved every second of it!! It was informative and helped me shape my passion for writing in a better way

By Indu N T

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Jun 1, 2020

Absolutely enjoyed the course, would like to do more interesting courses with you. Great team, great course work and good peers. Thank you.

By Sheryl C R

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Dec 1, 2015

I completed this course 100. I feel I never get publish with all the courses I taken every where. So I keep my treasure chest for later.

By Richard N

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Oct 6, 2020

Great course covering a lot of ground in just five weeks. The assignments were perfect in length and to help focus on our writing process.

By Mona G

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Jul 21, 2020

This was a great course, I really enjoyed it! Assignments were just enough to get the juices flowing. I came up with two new story ideas!

By Pati V

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Oct 5, 2020

It was a pleasure to take this course! I love writing and it will be very helpful in my next steps as a children's writer.

-Patricia V.

By Vidisha M

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Aug 5, 2020

I totally loved this course. It is my first course in creative writing and I loved it. Just what I was looking for. Highly recommended

By William L

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Aug 4, 2020

Really helpful and straightforward. It provided a lot of practical ideas, tips and materials to get you started. Highly recommended.

By Purnima L

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Jan 28, 2018

Very salient points presented throughtout. Clear and concise advice. Liked the instructors and very helpful author video interviews.

By Tina C

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Jul 20, 2016

Writing for Young Readers course was very interesting and packed with great brainstorming topics to launch your writing assignments.

By Adeline W

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Dec 9, 2020

It was great! As a young writer this is a good course for not knowing where to start. Peers are very sweet and give GREAT feedback.

By Julie B

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Feb 22, 2016

I have learned so much from this course. Anyone that wants to write for young readers would do well to take this course. Thank you.

By Milka R M

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Feb 5, 2018

I am glad a took this course. This gives me the right tools, step by step to develop in the art of writing. Wonderful course! =)

By Frederick H

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Jan 24, 2016

Very good course. Many valuable information and advice about writing in general not just aimed at young readers. Would recommand.

By Anthony K

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Sep 8, 2015

A very well structured and engaging course which provides thoughtful suggestions for being a successful writer for young readers.

By Owen S

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Aug 29, 2015

As a writer, this is a much needed course if you want to better yourself and learn the ropes on how to make a living as a writer.

By Teresa F

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Dec 5, 2019

I really loved this course. The assignments had helped a lot with improving my writing skills when it comes to fiction writing.

By Iván R A

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Aug 23, 2020

I really liked this course, specially getting to know other people´s points of view and experiences. Thank you for your time.

By Sintija V

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Jul 9, 2017

Really great course with highly valuable practice opportunities! I really enjoyed doing all the tasks! Thank you very much! :)

By Daniel A A V

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Nov 27, 2016

Un curso muy provechoso y ameno. Aunque, me gustaría que incluyeran más entrevistas o material propio de autores más clásicos.

By Alice M S

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Oct 20, 2023

I really enjoyed the class. Although I prefer to write for adults, it was great learning the basics of writing for children.

By Hend H

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Sep 22, 2020

This course has been an inspiration to me. It helped unravel an inner skill that I needed to explore; a passion for writing!