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.

Arnie Jenks and the House of Strangers by Tim Bradley

Article

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The Making of a Book: Conception to the First Draft

Tim Bradley

27th January 2016

Edited

23rd September 2020

In a series of articles for W&A, self-published author Tim Bradley explains the process of writing his first children's novel, Arnie Jenks and...

Article

5 min read

Interview with Katherine Rundell

Writers & Artists

24th October 2015

Edited

4th August 2022

We asked award-winning children's author Katherine Rundell some questions about her exciting new novel The Wolf Wilder, and also about the processes...

Article

6 min read

Learning from Rejection

Jonathan Eyers

24th September 2014

Edited

9th May 2024

Jonathan Eyers, author of The Thieves of Pudding Mill Lane shares his writing advice and advice on dealing with rejection.

Article

6 min read

Who’s Out There? Finding Your Audience

Yvonne Coppard

10th September 2014

Edited

24th January 2021

Yvonne Coppard, author and creative writing teacher, shares her advice on writing for children and discusses the importance of knowing your audience.

The Mapmaker's Daughter by Caroline Dunford

Article

6 min read

Mastering Your Craft

Caroline Dunford

4th June 2014

Edited

14th October 2020

Caroline Dunford - author, playwright, journalist & short story writer - on how so many different forms of writing have influenced and informed...

Article

6 min read

Writing and the Children's Book Market

Chris Kloet

27th July 2012

Edited

24th January 2021

Around 10,000 new children’s titles are published in the UK every year. Chris Kloet, Editor-at-Large at Walker Books, suggests how a potential author...

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