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We will be running this prize again in 2021 so keep your eyes peeled for further details of this year's prize - including judge, prize offerings...
Adventure
Your story is for a Children's/Young Adult readership with a pacey plot and a protagonist in peril, often having being uprooted from their ordinary way of life. Famous works of adventure fiction have been written by JRR Tolkein, William Golding and Suzanne Collins.
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24th January 2022
William Ryan provides tips on how to write a good synopsis (with a little help from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice). For lots more free advice on...
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8th December 2021
Our final masterclasses for 2021 provide the perfect opportunity to sharpen up your creative instincts ahead of the Christmas period.
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24th January 2021
Most characters do not appear in your head fully formed; they develop gradually in much the same way as we get to know a new acquaintance....
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19th January 2021
In this exclusive extract from the new edition of Writers' & Artists' Guide To Writing for Children & YA, Linda Strachan - author of over 70...
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27th October 2021
Author Nadine Wild-Palmer gives a taster of what attendees can expect at There's No Right Way To Write, her evening masterclass with Writers &...