when: 29 September 2025 - 07 November 2025 | venue: Online | cost: Full Price: $690 | Member Price: $515 | Concession: $445 | address: See event description for details on how to connect. | website: https://writingnsw.org.au/ | tickets: https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/online-writing-childrens-books-2/
published: 01 Oct 2025, 5 min read
Writing for children is big business. Despite the oft-forecast demise of reading, demand for quality children's books is strong and there has been significant growth in this market over the past few years.
If you're keen to write stories that will keep children reading under the covers after lights out, if you're interested to know more about the puzzling business of publishing, or if you harbour dreams of being the next Sally Rippin or Andy Griffiths, this online course with Jacqueline Harvey is for you.
Through short writing exercises, peer and tutor feedback, you'll develop the skills and insights needed to write compelling children's books: from goal-setting and understanding what you want to achieve, to finding your voice and knowing how to grow your story.
This course is suitable for writers of picture books, chapter books and middle grade fiction.
The course will cover everything you need to get started including:
Understanding your potential audience
Finding and developing ideas
Creating believable characters
Developing plausible plots
Using dialogue effectively
Literary devices
The importance of editing
Advice on getting published
The business of being a writer.
A series of practical exercises will give budding writers opportunities to explore style, voice and other key elements of writing for children as well as demystifying the publishing process.
This course, Online: Writing Children's Books with Jacqueline Harvey, will take place online.
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Writing for children is big business. Despite the oft-forecast demise of reading, demand for quality children's books is strong and there has been significant growth in this market over the past few years.
If you're keen to write stories that will keep children reading under the covers after lights out, if you're interested to know more about the puzzling business of publishing, or if you harbour dreams of being the next Sally Rippin or Andy Griffiths, this online course with Jacqueline Harvey is for you.
Through short writing exercises, peer and tutor feedback, you'll develop the skills and insights needed to write compelling children's books: from goal-setting and understanding what you want to achieve, to finding your voice and knowing how to grow your story.
This course is suitable for writers of picture books, chapter books and middle grade fiction.
The course will cover everything you need to get started including:
Understanding your potential audience
Finding and developing ideas
Creating believable characters
Developing plausible plots
Using dialogue effectively
Literary devices
The importance of editing
Advice on getting published
The business of being a writer.
A series of practical exercises will give budding writers opportunities to explore style, voice and other key elements of writing for children as well as demystifying the publishing process.
This course, Online: Writing Children's Books with Jacqueline Harvey, will take place online.
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Online: Writing Children's Books 2025 is on 29 September 2025 - 07 November 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 02 9555 9757 for details. Visit their website at https://writingnsw.org.au/.
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