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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

SE

Feb 1, 2025

The interviews with various authors were really insightful. The writing exercises were designed to really build skills. I noticed an improvement from week 1 to 5. Recommend this course.

CT

Apr 20, 2018

This seems like a basic course but they give you a lot of useful information and it is very well done. The author interviews are informative and interesting too. I highly recommend the course.

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By Nhu N

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Sep 27, 2017

Great for a short course! The teacher has shown all tha basic ideas and left the imaginary for us!

By Oshee J

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Sep 26, 2015

Brilliant course to learn or refresh your writing skills. Great tips for editing and writing, too.

By Andrea S R L

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Feb 26, 2017

Un excelente curso para iniciarse en el mundo de escritura o para profundizar más en este ámbito.

By Juan M J

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Feb 23, 2019

Está buenísimo. Es una gran introducción al mundo de la literatura orientada al público juvenil.

By Noelia F

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Feb 21, 2017

Muy bueno y completo. Además de la teoria hay varios ejercicios practicos que son de gran ayuda.

By Rodrigo R M

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Jan 2, 2016

Thank you all so much for having this course. It helped me a lot in starting my writing process.

By nayana r

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Oct 4, 2023

I really enjoyed enrolling in this course and have learned many things about writing. thank you

By Eliana H

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Jul 18, 2019

I´m now even more motivated to be a writer. Thanks for open my mind and heart to writing again.

By Gina A

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Jul 4, 2016

This is one of my favourite courses, it is very interesting and I was able to grow as a writer.

By Benjamin J S

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Aug 19, 2015

What a fun course! I never knew I could write. I can't wait to get my first book published!

By Michele W

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May 22, 2017

Aprendí mucho y disfruté las clases. Los profesores realmente te animan a seguir adelante.

By Verónica S M

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May 18, 2024

Me encantó el curso. Me animó a escribir sobre diferentes temas y a mejorar mi escritura

By Amel K

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Jun 14, 2016

Amazing course I love it. I learned a lot about how to write for young readers.

thank you

By Cathy M

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Jun 19, 2023

CURSO PERFEITO, ME AJUDOU BASTANTE A ESCREVER SOBRE UM GENERO QUE NUNCA EXPLOREI ANTES.

By jesus a g o

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Sep 24, 2020

me encanto gracias por darme la oportunidad de aprender a plasmar mis ideas en palabras

By Elli .

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Sep 9, 2018

I enjoyed this course and learned a thing or two about writing, editing and publishing.

By Kaustubh G

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May 2, 2018

Nice course explaining the details of writing books for young kids and teenagers. It mo

By Sid P

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Sep 29, 2015

Awesome! I have no words to say. I really learnt a lot things being a aspiring writer.

By Paloma M H

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May 28, 2020

I really enjoyed the week to week topics. I found it complete and would recommend it.

By Pilar J V S

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Apr 29, 2020

Me ayudo muchísimo con lo básico de escribir libros, cosas que ignoraba por completo.

By Colleen P

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Feb 14, 2018

The class was very interesting and I learned a lot and helped to start writing again.

By Virginia V

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May 14, 2016

This course is fantastic, it show me lots of things that end up help me with my work!

By Mary J M

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Sep 24, 2016

This course was very helpful and contained valuable information for a beginning writ

By Jose I

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May 2, 2020

I had a wonderful experience engaging with the course. Thank you for the learnings!

By Nina B

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Sep 11, 2015

I'm not even half way through it and I love it. Professor David Hill is enchanting.