- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Premium Members $20 & Basic Members $25
Register by April 11th and save $5, use code YADENISCH2022 at checkout!
- Category
- Characters
- Description/Setting
- Dialogue
- Structure
- Genre
- GMC
- Plotting
- Worldbuilding
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- YADENISCH2022
- Class Length
- 1 Week
Learn how to write realistic YA and MG fantasy when you are not a young adult or middle schooler!
Lesson One: Types of fantasies and the roles of kids, teens, and young adults
Lesson Two: What changes, what stays the same
Lesson Three: The young hero (and their villain)
Lesson One: Types of fantasies and the roles of kids, teens, and young adults
- Learn the different types of fantasies commonly used in YA and MG novels
- Understand how kids, teens, and young adults are integrated differently into society based on the fantasy type
- Know how to smartly combat these roles if you want to change it up
Lesson Two: What changes, what stays the same
- Learn how the trends among each generation are similar
- Discover how to integrate your own YA and MG experiences into your work
- Understand the new challenges facing today’s youth
Lesson Three: The young hero (and their villain)
- Utilize knowledge from previous lessons to create a relatable hero/heroine
- Determine which kind of hero is best given your fantasy type and age group
- Learn the types of villains your hero could face
- Determine which is best given your hero, fantasy type, and age group
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
