Crafting Memorable Middle Grade Stories with Lynne Kelly

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Date(s):
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Times: 7:00-9:00 PM CST
Cost:
$412

Faculty:
Lynne Kelly

Class Size:
21

Number of Sessions:
6


Join award-winning author Lynne Kelly for a 6-Session Class to create stories that stay with readers!

The stories that stick with us most are the ones that draw us into the story’s world and let us travel alongside the character. In this course, we’ll work on strengthening your novels characters, plot, pacing, setting, and more. Through craft instruction and creative exercises, we’ll create compelling stories your readers will remember long after closing the book.

Who should take this class:

  • Middle grade writers
  • Writers needing to deepen their characters
  • Writers looking to strengthen all aspects of their novel
  • Writers wanting to make their story more compelling
  • Writers in need of exercises to better their current WIPs

Dates & Times:

Wednesdays; from 7-9pm CST

July 17th, 24th, and 31st; August 7th, 14th, and 21st


About Lynne Kelly:

Lynne Kelly lives near Houston, Texas, where she writes novels for middle grade readers. Her 2019 novel Song For a Whale, about a deaf girl named Iris who forms an unlikely bond with the “loneliest whale in the world,” has been described as “finely crafted,” “important,” and “uplifting” by reviewers from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Song For a Whale received the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award and was named one of the best books of the year by New York Public Library. Her latest book, The Secret Language of Birds, was released in April 2024 as an instant USA Today bestseller. Three Blue Hearts, about a boy who cares for an injured octopus, will be out in the Fall of 2025. Find her online at lynnekellybooks.com and on Instagram @lynnekkelly.

 


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