Language Arts & Disciplines Children's & Young Adult
Spark
Alice Kuipers on Writing for Kids and Adults
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2024
- Category
- Children's & Young Adult, Fiction Writing
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781779400239
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $89.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781779400253
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $22.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781779400222
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
A guide from bestselling author Alice Kuipers on how to write for children and young adults—from igniting an initial idea to creating a finished draft
In Spark, acclaimed children’s and YA author Alice Kuipers shares her rules for writing for readers both young and young at heart, all while discussing the importance of travelling through passion, purpose, joy, and fear in your writing.
In each chapter, Kuipers explores key aspects of writing for young readers—from voice and character to setting and plot—and provides examples and exercises to help you develop your story. Drawing on her experience as an author and writing coach, Kuipers shares crucial tips, tricks, and techniques that make all the difference for writers, along with some highs and lows of her own writing journey, and shows you how to become the writer you’ve always wanted to be. Spark is open, honest, and practical—a must-read for aspiring authors and literature fans alike.
About the author
ALICE KUIPERS is the award-winning author of three previous novels, Life On The Refrigerator Door, The Worst Thing She Ever Did and 40 Things I Want To Tell You, and the picture book The Best Ever Bookworm Book by Violet and Victor Small. Her work has been published to critical acclaim in twenty-nine countries. She lives in Saskatoon.
WEB: AliceKuipers.com
FACEBOOK: Alice Kuipers
TWITTER: @AliceKuipers
Editorial Reviews
“Spark is a lovely, wise, yet humble book.”—Jeanette Lynes, author of The Apothecary’s Garden
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