Interview wth Paula Morrow | Writing for Children 212

INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR PAULA MORROW Although Paula Morrow has written more than 70 books and hundreds of magazine pieces (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), she considers her main talent to be editing. Paula honed her skill editing for fifteen years with Cricket Magazine Group and Cricket Books, then with several book, magazine, and educational publishers. Most recently she edited at Highlights. Paula is the judge for the ICL Nonfiction STEAM Article contest. We talk about: What STEAM is, why it's important, and how it differs from other nonfiction writing. What she will be looking for in ICL STEAM contest entries What is structure How structure differs between genres, between books and magazine stories, and between age levels Why a writer should never use more than one exclamation mark at a time An editor’s pet peeves Good examples and/or good sources And lots more!  

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Do you want to learn how to write for children? The Institute of Children's Literature has taught hundreds of thousands of aspiring writers, and the director of ICL is the host of Writing for Children. Bestselling children's author Katie Davis focuses on the craft of writing for children: how to write a children’s book, how to write for children’s magazines, how to get paid, and get published. There are listener questions, with answers from the experts at the Institute, plus hard-to-find resources and links included in every week's show notes. If you want to learn about how to get into children's publishing, Listen!