Learn how to write picture book biographies & nonfiction for trade and educational publishers.

Anastasia Suen | Author, Consultant, Teacher

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Young Nonfiction Workshop

Research and prepare information books and biographies for trade and educational publishers.

The Young Nonfiction Workshop is a 20 day email course. It takes at least an hour a day to read five nonfiction picture books (or K-6 nonfiction readers for the classroom) and complete the homework. By clicking "reply" to your Young Nonfiction Workshop emails, we can discuss the six genres of nonfiction, research, the nonfiction elements, nonfiction plot structure, faction, and more.

Research	The Six Genres of Nonfiction	Primary Sources	Secondary Sources	Interviewing Experts	Manuscript Critique
Information Books	Vocabulary	General to Specific	Simple to Complex	Cause and Effect	Manuscript Critique
Information Books	Familiar to Unfamiliar	Problem-Resolution	Faction	Nonfiction Elements	Manuscript Critique
Biographies	Round or Flat Characters	Childhood to Adulthood	Single Event	Birth to Death	(Manuscript Critique)

You will read 100 young nonfiction books
and send in three or four young nonfiction book manuscripts*
during this workshop.

*If you are working on a nonfiction book proposal
you can send in an Annotated Table of Contents for the critique assignment.

Young Nonfiction Workshop
with 3 critiques $325
October 27-November 21, 2008
Group Workshop

The first emails go out Friday, October 24..

Young Nonfiction Workshop
with 3 critiques $325
Self-paced

Young Nonfiction Workshop
Add-on Critique $75
Self-paced

Young Nonfiction Workshop
with 4 critiques $400
Self-paced