Children’s Fiction: Write Compelling Adventure Stories

Explore the process of writing a captivating quest story for children and create a one-page synopsis of your book ready to submit to a literary agent

• Introduction
• Preparation
• Planning and Creating
• Submitting Your Synopsis
• Final project

Children’s fiction writing is a chance to take the imagination of young minds on fantastical journeys, whilst diving into an exciting literary journey of your own. Award-winning children’s author Ross Montgomery began his career as a primary school teacher, but since his writing debut Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door he has written more than 20 books for young readers. His stories invite them into worlds full of oddity, mischief, and laughter.

In this course, he guides you through the development of your own adventure-quest story plot, and how to edit it to create a structured one-page synopsis ready to submit to a literary agent. Explore what a children’s book is, understand your readers, and learn how to approach publishers with your story. Embark on your children’s fiction adventure.

• About Me
• Influences
• What Is a Children's Book?
• Warm-up Exercises to Start Writing
• Gathering Your Ideas Together
• What is a Quest Narrative?
• Planning: The Beginning 1
• Planning: The Beginning 2
• Planning: The Middle 1
• Planning: The Middle 2
• Planning: The End
• Creating Your Synopsis 1
• Creating Your Synopsis 2
• Research
• Submitting
• Introduction to children's book fiction