With Write to the Reader, learn how to truly know your audience — a key to writing for children.
Do you understand the children’s book audience?
That’s a key to being able to write a story that agents and editors will want — a story that will sell.
Because kids read particular books at certain ages, and you need to know what the audience and genre categories are for books — and who is buying those books — in order to reach young readers.
This short course will define the precise parameters you need to write and market to that target audience.
(And why understanding these three things is critical to the sale and marketing of children’s books.)
The audience age categories for every kind of children’s book
The genres appropriate for each type of book within those audience ages
The role that gatekeepers play in the sale and marketing of kidlit
Write to the Reader is created by a multi-published award-winning author and creative writing teacher with over 25 years of writing and publishing experience, and 7 years helping writers to publishing success through both courses and hands-on coaching.
Janet is the author of 13 books for young readers, from picture book through YA novels, fiction and nonfiction.
Her courses are designed for all kidlit writers, from beginners to advanced.
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If you are new to the world of children’s books, you’ll get clarity on how the sale and marketing of kidlit works. If you’ve been trying to write for children but haven’t yet had success, you’ll re-envision your book in its niche — an essential marketing tool. And you’ll be able to apply this lesson to everything you write — picture book or novel — going forward. |
The course is designed to be completed in about 1–2 hours. You can go through the lesson and handout in one sitting and immediately apply what you learn to your own story idea.
Yes. This course focuses on one specific outcome: helping you evaluate the right audience your idea using a clear framework so you can move forward with confidence.
Perfect—you’ll use your existing idea throughout the course to test, refine, and strengthen it so you know whether it’s publishable in today's market.
No. The method works for picture books, middle grade, and young adult novels. The principles of a strong, marketable audience apply across all categories.
Both! For beginners and early-stage writers, there are clear examples and a simple step-by-step approach. And even more experienced writers can struggle with identifying the right market. This course helps you diagnose and fix that problem quickly.
It will give you a strong, practical framework to evaluate your intended audience against industry expectations—so you can make smarter, more informed decisions before you invest time writing.
No problem. This course comes with a refund policy—if it’s not a good fit, you can request your money back.
