Language Arts & Disciplines Children's & Young Adult

Spark

Alice Kuipers on Writing for Kids and Adults

by (author) Alice Kuipers

Publisher: University of Regina Press
Initial publish date: Oct 2024
Category: Children's & Young Adult, Fiction Writing

all formats (3)

Hardback

ISBN

9781779400239

Publish Date

Oct 2024

List Price

$89.00
eBook

ISBN

9781779400253

Publish Date

Oct 2024

List Price

$22.99
Paperback / softback

ISBN

9781779400222

Publish Date

Oct 2024

List Price

$22.95

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Description

A guide from bestselling author Alice Kuipers on how to write for children and young adults—from igniting an initial idea to creating a finished draft

In Spark, acclaimed children’s and YA author Alice Kuipers shares her rules for writing for readers both young and young at heart, all while discussing the importance of travelling through passion, purpose, joy, and fear in your writing.

In each chapter, Kuipers explores key aspects of writing for young readers—from voice and character to setting and plot—and provides examples and exercises to help you develop your story. Drawing on her experience as an author and writing coach, Kuipers shares crucial tips, tricks, and techniques that make all the difference for writers, along with some highs and lows of her own writing journey, and shows you how to become the writer you’ve always wanted to be. Spark is open, honest, and practical—a must-read for aspiring authors and literature fans alike.

About the author

ALICE KUIPERS is the award-winning author of three previous novels, Life On The Refrigerator Door, The Worst Thing She Ever Did and 40 Things I Want To Tell You, and the picture book The Best Ever Bookworm Book by Violet and Victor Small. Her work has been published to critical acclaim in twenty-nine countries. She lives in Saskatoon.

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