Instititute of Children's Literature

Rx for Writers

Writer's Support Room - Satisfying Editors

"Dos and Don'ts for Communicating with Editors"
10 Tips for Wowing Editors with Your Verse
"Put Some Frosting On That Cake"
"Listen to Teen Voices"
Theme List Tactics
Just Stay Comma
8 Tips To Help Sell Your Hard-to-Place Article
It's Not All Fashion, Beauty, and Quizzes!
We Could All Use A Good Laugh
Beginnings and Opening Hooks
[Finding the single line blurb] "Prospecting for Gold Nuggests"
Platform Building 101
[Revision] Edit One Thing At A Time
[Age Levels] As Young As You Feel
[Crafting Hooks, Pitches, and Log Lines] "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
Five Good Tools that can get you into Bad Trouble
Good News: You NEVER Need to Dumb Down Your Writing
[Adults in Stories] What's Wrong With Adults Anyway?
In Defense of Adverbs
[Understanding Genre] "Getting to the Core"
[Researching Book Publishers] How Do I Find Mine?
[Strong Verbs and Tenses] Do You Know What Your Verbs Are Doing?
Fiction Writer's Checklist
[Humor] A Spoonful of Funny
[Theme Lists] Tell Me What to Write -- Oh, You Did!
[Technique] Writing Bugaboos and Hobgoblins
[Synopsis] Panic-Free Synopsis
[Targeting Markets] What Age Is Your Reader?
[Professionalism] We're All In This Together

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