Children's Novel Writing for Beginners
Editing Your Writing
A course by Lisa Thompson , Children's Author
About the video: Editing Your Writing
Overview
“Let me tell you a bit about the editing process and how important it is to walk away from your work for a while.”
In this video lesson Lisa Thompson addresses the topic: Editing Your Writing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Novel Writing for Beginners. Learn to create contemporary and vibrant fiction for young readers, inspired by your memories..
Partial transcription of the video
“Editing Your Writing Now we'll move on to editing. Hopefully, you've finished your first draft. Well done. I know how hard it can be to write and to keep going. I know that temptation to go back over what you've written. I hope you got to the end and you took some time away from your piece of work. Maybe when you got to the end, you thought "this isn't very good, this isn't what I planned, this isn't going to work". Or maybe you thought "this is brilliant, this is the best thing I've written". It's time to go back and look at this work with fresh eyes and look at the parts that do work well...”
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Course summary for: Children's Novel Writing for Beginners
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Areas
Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Lisa Thompson
A course by Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson is a children’s author from the UK. When she was nine years old she wrote her first book and realized that she could live out her dreams through writing. However, Lisa went on to pursue a career making radio programmes for the BBC for many years before she became a professional writer.
Inspired by creating a sense of mystery in real-world settings, she has written several books including The Light Jar, Owen and the Soldier, The Boy Who Fooled the World, and her best-selling book The Goldfish Boy. Lisa also gives talks and workshops at schools and book festivals, and has been nominated for numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
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