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Writing Children's Books

Free Writing Tips and Advice
by Robyn Opie

author of more than 80 children's books -
and now a screenwriter of a family feature film in development

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My Latest Article!
Write About What You Know
Your Passions and Interests


Goals and Goal Setting for 2010 -
Helping You Get Published


Questions from a New Writer -
Answered by Robyn Opie


Robyn's Interview on Youtube


Getting a Children's Book Published: The Pony Game


What Do Publishers Want?


How Do You Get a Children's Book Published?


Finding a Publisher for Your Children's Book


How to Edit Your Children's Book


Becoming a Better Writer


Plotting a Children's Book


Ideas and Plotting a Children's Story: Cyclone Santa


Begin with a Bang!


Creating Ideas for Children's Books


Creating Believable Characters


Character Archetypes


Why Writers Should Show and Not Tell


Writing Easy Readers


Writing Picture Books


Classifying Children's Fiction


Write What You Love!


Start Your Writing Career Today


Robyn Opie's Blog Tour




How to Write a GREAT Children's Book
(Magellan Books, 2010)
ISBN 9780975160923

Now available as a (signed) paperback book

Discover the secrets of a best-selling children's author.
From coming up with ideas, to creating characters
children will love, this book reveals how you, too, can
write for children of all ages - and get published!

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by Robyn Opie.




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study pack
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