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*writing Agent feedback Gillie Russell Homefeature literary agents Liz MacWhirter Opening Lines writing

OPENING LINES Results from Gillie Russell

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In Opening Lines, Liz MacWhirter gets expert advice from top literary agents to help you tune up your concept, pitch, and opening lines...

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*KnowHow critiquing drafting editing Helen Liston KnowHow middle grade narrative showing storycraft telling writing Writing for Children writing YA Xena Knox

EDITING KNOWHOW When telling is better than showing

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In the first of her series on editing, Xena Knox looks at some of the benefits of telling over showing.

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*illustrating 2018 SCBWI-BI conference Benji Davies Homefeature Illustrating Illustrators John Shelley keynote SCBWI-BI conference sketchcrawl

SCBWI-BI CONFERENCE 2018 Illustrators' Report

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The 2018 SCBWI conference in Winchester was an absolute blast, with illustration at the forefront of activities. John Shelley summari...

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*WhatsOn 2018 SCBWI conference 2018 SCBWI conference scholarships Benji Davies Catherine Johnson Events Hannah Sanguinetti Homefeature Kylie Holmes The Margaret Carey Scholarship WhatsOn

SCBWI-BI CONFERENCE 2018 A Scholarship Winner's Perspective

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It is a week since the SCBWI-BI Conference 2018 came to a close, but for those of us lucky enough to have gone, the dust is still set...

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*News Illustrating Illustration Features News Rachel Lovatt Undiscovered Voices UV2018

UNDISCOVERED VOICES INTERVIEWS Rachel Lovatt

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Our Undiscovered Voices winning illustrator this week is Rachel Lovatt , a recent graduate of the Cambridge MA illustration course, an...

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*News Addy Farmer Ann Brady Blog Break Candy Gourlay Claire Fayers Kelly McCaughrain News Nick Cross Paeony Lewis Tracey Mathias Tracy Darnton

BLOG BREAK Notebooks, Night-time and New Novels

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Nick Cross presents his fortnightly selection of must-read blogs.

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*KnowHow art technique Christof Simons decoration Homefeature Illustrating Illustration Illustration Features KnowHow

ILLUSTRATION KNOW-HOW Using Layers in Watercolour

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For children's book illustrators using traditional materials, watercolour remains one of the most popular mediums. Belgian illustr...

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*writing BLUE ELEPHANT STORYSHAPER Blue Elephant Storyshaping Homefeature Natascha Biebow picture book craft picture book editing revision writing writing picture books

PICTURE BOOK FOCUS Top Tips for REVISION (THE BIG STUFF)

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Natascha Biebow shares tips on how to revise your picture books on a macro level. Last month's blog was all about revision on the m...

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*WhatsOn advice from editors Andrew Guile big idea Events Homefeature Linas Alsenas London Masterclass publishers Scholastic WhatsOn

EVENTS What's the Big Idea?

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On Saturday 20th October, the fabulous Linas Alsenas , editor at Scholastic, gave up his time to chair a SCBWI Masterclass. Andrew G...

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*writing Andersen Press Chicken House editing editors Homefeature Lucy Van Smit Melvin Burgess writing writing children's books writing feature writing YA

WRITING FEATURE Melvin Burgess in conversation with Lucy van Smit

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Carnegie Prize winner Melvin Burgess in conversation with SCBWI writer Lucy van Smit on writing The Lost Witch… and burn out.

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