Writing Courses

Professional Children’s Writing Course

Make money writing stories for children

Writing for children and teenagers can be extremely enjoyable – it allows you to step back and view the world from a young person’s perspective again.

Cengage Education's Professional Children's Writing course shows you how to apply your flair for writing to key niches within the children's market. It includes subjects on how to write teen fiction, general non-fiction, storybooks for 9-12 year olds, early readers (6-8 year olds) and the special requirements of picture books.

It also introduces you to the business side of writing, outlining basic marketing practices and showing you how to turn your passion for children’s writing into a successful career.

What you will learn

  • Writing for teenagers; writing short stories
  • Genre fiction: all kinds of stories
  • Writing for the education market
  • How to make your stories sparkle
  • Marketing your work and building your career
  • So you want to write for children
  • Generating story ideas
  • Picture books
  • Story books
  • How to create interesting characters
  • Dialogue and setting
  • Writing non-fiction for children

Career prospects

As a children's author, the fruits of your work can be richly rewarding. Seeing the joy on children's faces as they read your stories can be a very rewarding experience.

Possible job roles include:

  • Author
  • Children's Writer
  • Short Story Writer