Instructor

Shana Youngdahl

Class Type 

Workshop

Course Description

This Workshop course is designed to give writers an introduction to writing short or long-form fiction for readers 8 and up. Students will compose and critique original work for the Middle Grade Fiction audiences (typically thought of as grades 3-7. Students will compose an original work, read about the craft of writing Middle Grade Fiction by publishers and authors such as Jane Yolen, Philip Pullman, Gail Carson Levine and more.

Textbook

• Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine ISBN: 978-0062367174 
• Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood Jane Yolen ISBN-13 : ‎ 978-0874835915