Children's Writing - Online Course

Children's writing is a specialised craft. It is a rewarding, inspirational, and often demanding, branch of writing. For most, it takes many hours, months, and possibly years, to write a unique and appealing story that children will want to read. This course is designed to set you on an appropriate course for more successful writing geared to the children\'s market.

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Course Outline
Course Code: 
BWR104
Duration: 
100 hours - Access for 12 months
Delivery: 
Online
Certificate: 
Statement of achievement
Lesson Structure: 
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview of Childrens Writing
  3. Conceptualisation: Conceiving a concept
  4. Childrens Writing for Periodicals
  5. short Stories
  6. Non-Fiction
  7. Fiction
  8. Picture Books and Story Books
  9. Editing your work
  10. Project
Aims - the learning objectives of the course: 
  • Describe childrens cognitive development and target writing to be appropriate to various developmental stages.
  • Explain the nature and scope of writing for children.
  • Describe the process of planning a written manuscript of childrens writing.
  • Describe the planning and processes involved in writing articles for childrens magazines.
  • Develop a short story for children to read.
  • Discuss the specific requirements associated with writing childrens non-fiction
  • Describe the various categories of childrens fiction and the writing processes involved.
  • Explain the scope and nature of literature aimed at young children.
  • Explain the scope and significance of editing skills and processes for childrens writing.
  • Plan, evaluate, edit and present a piece of writing for children