Writing Educational Readers for the Foundation Phase is a little different to writing picture books. Here are my top 10 tips from more than 10 years of writing them. 1 Stick to the brief Why am I telling you something that seems so gob-smackingly obvious? Well, it’s because some authors don’t! One work I came…
Writing non-fiction can be extremely creative and rewarding (as I’ve recently found out). It’s great fun to research and delve deeply into a topic and then to find the most interesting way to share the information you’ve uncovered. Here are some tips I wanted to share with you if you’re thinking of writing a non-fiction…
It can be quite daunting to write your first artbrief for a reader or picture book that you’ve written (assuming you’re not the illustrator, of course). Truth is, it may feel more than a little uncomfortable having to tell a creative illustrator/artist how you want them to draw, see or interpret the words and…