The Pre-Book

The Pre-Book

In Judy Blume’s MasterClass about writing for younger readers, the mega-bestselling children’s book author talks about how she saves news clippings and scribbles ideas for plots, characters and their backstories, snippets of conversation she overhears, and...
Heightened Awareness Helps Your Writing

Heightened Awareness Helps Your Writing

“If you’re a writer, you’re a people watcher,” Judy Blume says in her MasterClass on writing for younger readers. Observations that stem from heightened awareness will generate everything from plot ideas to characters who are real. You also have to create the world...
Illustrating a Children’s Book

Publishing a Children’s Book

Most children’s book authors assume they need to hand over an illustrated manuscript when traditionally publishing a children’s book. So you’ll probably be surprised to learn that unless you’re a professional artist as well as the author, the publishing...