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Writing for Children

  • Wellington High School Community Education Centre 249 Taranaki Street, Mt Cook Wellington New Zealand (map)

Award-winning children’s author, Helen Vivienne Fletcher, will take you through a series of writing tasks to generate ideas for children’s short stories, picture and chapter books, will help you take your own ideas further, as well as provide information about the requirements of different children’s book genres.

By the end of the workshop, you'll be able to:

  • Complete writing exercises to generate and expand ideas for children’s books

  • Identify the requirements of different genres of children’s books

  • Follow publishers’ formatting guidelines, and prepare scripts accordingly

  • Identify the next steps for your own writing, including possible publishing opportunities

Bring pen and paper. 

DATE: Saturday 17th October
TIME: 9.30am - 4.30pm
WHERE: Wellington High School Community Education Centre
COST: $119

Earlier Event: October 15
Scriptwriting
Later Event: November 14
Creative Writing From - Idea to Page