Novels are an exciting genre in children’s literature, whether they are middle grade (ages 8-13) or young adult (ages 13 and up.) There are seemingly endless novel categories, too: novels in verse, contemporary, horror, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery and narrative nonfiction.
Whatever your novel interest, we’ve got resources and workshops to help you begin, revise, plot, outline, receive feedback, develop characters and more.
No matter where you are on your journey, we’re glad you’re here. We can give you the skills you need to create the very best novel for kids and teens.
Novel Workshops

The Crash Course in Children’s Book Publishing (Fall)

Line Editing Your MG or YA Novel: An Online Course (Spring)

Line Editing Your MG or YA Novel: An Online Course (Fall)

Intro to Verse Novels: A Virtual Tour of Limitations and Liberations of Verse Novels

Summer Camp in Fiction: Explore, Play, and Inspire

Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (August)

Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (November)

Whole Novel Historical: A Virtual Course for Historical Novelists

Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein
Inspiring Children Through Story
Novel Resources
Visual Outlining
by Chris Tebbetts
5 Common World Building Mistakes
by Alisa Alering
Perfectly Plotted
by Padma Venkatraman
Learning to Love Line Editing
By Jennifer Gennari
Imagining an Image System for Your novel in verse
by Cordelia Jensen
Lights, Camera, ACTION: The Importance of Starting in a Scene
by Kat Brzozowski