Writing for Young People : Critical Readings and Discussions on Craft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldecott, Elen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Creative writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

Applying the methodology of 'reading-as-a-writer' to the craft of writing for young people, this critical and practical textbook combines close readings of contemporary middle-grade and YA literature with author interviews and writing exercises.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Permissions Page

Introduction

Cited Works

Chapter One

Section 1: This Is Not My Hat , Written and Illustrated by Jon Klassen, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Jon Klassen

Section 3: This Is Not My Hat , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Multi-Modal Stories

Exercise B - Using Spreads

Chapter Two

Section 1: Dave Pigeon , Written by Swapna Haddow and Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Swapna Haddow

Section 3: Dave Pigeon , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Pacy Plots

Exercise B - Plot Engines: Character Goal, Internal Desire Fuelling Outward Action

Exercise C - Plot Impediments, the Forces of Antagonism

Exercise D - Writing Funny through Unlikely Metaphor

Chapter Three

Section 1: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with L.D. Lapinski

Section 3: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Emotional World-building

Exercise B - Revealing Character (after Anderson)

Exercise C - Action!

Exercise D - Psychic Distance

Chapter Four

Section 1: October, October by Katya Balen, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Katya Balen

Section 3: October, October , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Rhetorical Devices

Exercise B - Symbolism

Exercise C - Word Archaeology

Chapter Five

Section 1: Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Jasmine Warga

Section 3: Other Words For Home , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Narrative Verse

Exercise B - The Character's Questions

Exercise C - The Eyes of a Child

Exercise D - Transnational Creativity

Chapter Six.

Section 1: When The World Was Ours by Liz Kessler, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Liz Kessler

Section 3: When the World Was Ours , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Whose Story?

Exercise B - The Author's Positionality

Exercise C - History and Peritext

Chapter Seven

Section 1: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Patrick Ness

Cited Work

Section 3: The Knife of Never Letting Go , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Genre Tropes

Exercise B - High Concept Premise

Exercise C - A Guiding Principle

Chapter Eight

Section 1: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, A Critical Discussion

Section 2: An Interview with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Section 3: Ace of Spades , Writing Exercises

Exercise A - Narrative Channels

Exercise B - Symbolic Palette

Exercise C - Juggling Conflict to Maintain Tension

Bibliography

Index

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ISBN:

1-350-41313-5

1-350-41314-3

9781350413139

OCLC:

1520505616