Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories
About Me
A course by Ross Montgomery , Children's Author
Joined December 2020
Joined December 2020
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Let me begin by telling you about myself and my books―why I decided to write for children and how I became a published author.”
In this video lesson Ross Montgomery addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories. Explore the process of writing a captivating quest story for children and create a one-page synopsis of your book ready to submit to a literary agent.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi, i'm Ross Montgomery. I'm a children's author living in London. In this lesson, I'm going to talk about myself and my books, why I decided to write for children, and how I became a published author. I'm an award-winning writer, currently working on my 21st book. Over the last eight years, I've written 15 commercially published children's books, everything from picture book texts to longer novels and horror stories. And I've worked with about four different publishers during that time. For as long as I can remember, I've always loved books and writing. I was an avid reader as a child. It ...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories
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Children's Literature, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Writing
Ross Montgomery
A course by Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery is an award-winning children’s author, who has been an avid reader and writer since childhood. He began his career as a primary school teacher and in the school holidays started writing a book for young readers. Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, Ross’ professional writing debut, kick started his career as an author in 2013. The book was also shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award and selected as The Sunday Times Top 100 Modern Children’s Classics.
Since then, Ross has written over 20 books for young readers, everything from picture books to short stories to novels, all of which are full of humor, magic, and adventure. His titles include Perijee and Me which won the Weald Book Award and Max and the Millions, both of which were nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award. Ross also leads writing workshops for both children and adults.
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