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Writing for Children and Adolescents

ENGL 320R | University Course

Theory and practice of writing prose and verse for youth readership. Specific attention to requirements of picture books, middle-grade novels, and young adult stories. Online access to Brigham Young University library services.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 218R (Creative Writing).

Course Outline

1. Are You a Writer?
2. Finding the Time
3. Where Do You Get Ideas?
4. Who Will Read What I Write?
5. What Kinds of Things Can I Write?
6. At Last: Writing!
7. The People Who Inhabit Your Stories
8. A Story is War
9. Using Detail to Create Atmosphere
10. Getting the Writing Done
11. Beginning, Middles, and Ends
12. Revision: The Be-All and End-All
13. Trying It Out
14. Writing Mysteries
15. Writing Nonfiction
16. Playing Around with Drama
17. Dressing Your Baby Up and Sending Her Out
18. To Market, To Market

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Textbooks

	BYU Store	Vital Source (eBook)	Amazon*	Library
Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Most (Most Recent Edition) Authors (Required) by: Writer's Digest ISBN: 9780593191064 2019 Penguin Publishing Group		Purchase from: $19.99		Borrow
Writing for Children and Teenagers-3rd Edition (Required) by: Lee Wyndham ISBN: 9780898793475 1989 Writers Digest Books;			Collectible from $10.00 New from $6.72 Used from $1.18	Borrow
Choose one of the following (required):
From the Outside Looking In by: Chris Crowe ISBN: 9781570084126 BYU			New from $19.19 Used from $3.90	Borrow
From the Outside Looking In ISBN: 9780700396573 1998 Bookcraft Pubs	New: $6.00			Borrow

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