The Writer's Toolkit
Learn proven techniques to write your children's book.
Frustrated Children's Writer?
Are you a frustrated children's book writer? Have you read how-to-write books and taken courses, but you’re still frustrated?
There’s a simple reason why: those books and courses discuss choosing the theme, the story shape, writing good characters, and so on, but don’t cover the nuts and bolts information about how to actually write your children’s book.
This course is different. It offers something the others don’t: a close look at word choice; word placement; sentence structure; sentence flow; and scene building.
This course is for all levels. It is the course you need when you’re editing your first draft, and later, when you’re fine-tuning your story to make it the best it can be.
In this course, you’ll learn how to choose words to give your story meaning and cohesion. (Cohesion is the “glue” that holds the story together.)
You’ll learn how to change sentence structure to emphasize the information that’s important; and to ensure that sentences flow easily from one to another.
And you’ll learn how to begin a scene, how to end it, and how to create the Beats of action-reaction that make up the scene.
We’ll study techniques used in the best children’s picture storybooks, so you can apply them to your own writing. You’ve probably read these books before, but I’ll ask you to read them again for this course, so that they’re fresh in your mind. (Links are provided for free online versions of these books.)
When you have finished this course, you will have a draft of a children’s story that is markedly better than the one you started with, and closer to publication!
Your Instructor
My name is Eve Heidi Bine-Stock. I am an award-winning author of more than 150 children’s picture books. My books are read around the world, from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe!
I am excited to offer this course to share with you important writing techniques that will make your own book shine!
Course curriculum
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1Section 1: Introduction
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2Section 2: Word Choice & Word Echoes
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3Section 3: Sentences: Focus & Rhythm
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4Section 4: Sentences: Cohesion
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5Section 5: Actions & Reactions, and Scenes
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6Section 6: Conclusion
What people are saying
This class Exceeded my expectations! You came through for me. Thanks so much!
— Deb H.
I have never written any "story", let alone a children's story, so I wasn't able to follow along by applying the tips to my own story. Even with that, I learned bunches in this class. Took tons of notes and at least have a major clue as to where to start.
— Pam S.
Just finished your outstanding course... I am eager to let people know how excellent your course is!
— Pam M.
These are really terrific....with so much excellent info. It should
be very easy to use all the info you give to write a winner children's book!
— Shirley S.
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