Current Scratch: Join Us! Writing Tips, For Fun

Hi folks!  Rain ahead.  Hopefully you will have time to write and/or draw master works for the next few weeks. Short this week but useful!

JOIN US!  On June, 24 2015 we will have discussion, news, and encouragement. Topic TBA. Watch your email! Meet us at Barnes & Noble in College Station. Gentle critique begins at 9:30 a.m. Bring copies of 5 double-spaced pages of your work in progress. Those who have time stay for lunch at a local restaurant. Members and friends welcome!

WRITING TIPS

Here is a link to 10 useful writing tips!  Hope this helps you create master works.

Here are Mem Fox's hints on how to write a picture book.  Ooh, I hope you write something special!

Here is a link to everything you ever wanted to know about writing a middle grade novel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management Blog. You might also want to check out this literary agency.  

Want to write a novel in verse for teens?  Here is a good blog article to get you started. 

FOR FUN! 

Newbery winners Katherine Paterson and Kate DiCamillo chat about their writing process. I hope that you will enjoy this as much as I did.  Here is the link.  

The views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the SCBWI.