{"id":1415,"date":"2023-02-20T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2023-02-13T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:42:40","slug":"coming-up-writing-spooky-stories-for-younger-readers-middle-grade-young-adult-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"Coming up: Writing “Spooky” Stories for Younger Readers (Middle Grade\/Young Adult) Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m looking forward to taking this seminar, Writing “Spooky” Stories for Younger Readers<\/em>, on Feb. 27th, 2023. It’s by the awesome Jennifer Brody<\/a><\/strong> through the Horror Writer’s Association. I’ve signed up and am looking forward to attending. It fully online too. Here’s the HWA’s blurb on this exciting seminar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HWA has wonderful classes on writing scary stories for all ages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

HWA recognizes the value of horror literature for all ages, but writing for younger readers has several craft tools that differ slightly from writing adult\/mature horror. Middle Grade and YA literature are one of the fastest growing areas for publishing\u2014and kids love spooky stories. There\u2019s a reason that RL Stine\u2019s Goosebumps is one of the bestselling book series of all time. These books are considered especially great for reaching reluctant readers and reading regardless of genre; studies show that it\u2019s one of the best things for child development. This workshop will contain craft talks and tips for writing horror for younger readers, followed by in-class writing exercises to practice capturing voice and tone\u2014and draft a scare sequence. By the end of the workshop, participants should have all the basic components and craft tools to write their own story or novel opening targeted at younger readers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the link if you want to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m looking forward to taking this seminar, Writing “Spooky” Stories for Younger Readers, on Feb. 27th, 2023. Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,27],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-horror","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s6Ls-mP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakondor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}