Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories

About Me

A course by Ross Montgomery , Children's Author

100% positive reviews (140)

4,393 students

Audio: English

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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

“About Me Hi, I'm Ross Montgomery. I'm a children's author living in London. In this lesson, I'll 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. In eight years, I've written 15 commercially published children's books, everything from pitch book texts to longer novels and horror stories. I've worked for 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. I loved reading and creating...”

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Course summary for: Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (140)
4393 students
4 units
15 lessons (3h 13m)
7 downloads

Category
Writing
Areas
Children's Literature, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Writing

Ross Montgomery

A course by Ross Montgomery

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Children's Author

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.