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July 30 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. ET Read Like an Editor-and a Child-with Reader Response The first of a 3-part set of workshops by Kids Books Revisions Plus, each featuring a key insight related to writing and revising. In Harold Underdown’s opening workshop, learn a different way of understanding of how children read and gain a deeper understanding of revision. When we work on a book, writers and editors commonly use craft terms, such as “plot” and “character” and “voice” and other more specialized words. But our audience, children and teens, rarely use these words. They may be learning them in school, but they don’t experience reading our books in that way (nor do adults, of course). They respond with their feelings, thoughts, and memories, actively building meaning from a text as they read.

In his presentation, Harold will introduce you to “reader response theory,” and share his latest thoughts on how to use it to revise more effectively. He will explain the different approaches of the literary critic and the reader response theorist. And he will then apply reader response to a close reading of texts from across the children’s/YA range, including fiction and nonfiction. There will be handouts, resources, and time for questions and comments.


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Kids' Book Revisions -  Workshops, Webinars, and Manuscript Help with renown editorial consultants Emma Dryden, Eileen Robinson, and Harold Underdown. What makes Kids Book Revisions Plus collaboration remarkable is that the three have known each other their entire careers--they're friends as much as we are colleagues.   

They all love the work they do helping authors deepen their craft to create their strongest manuscripts possible. Join them in consultation, in a workshop, or joining hangouts talking about revision.


General Articles

Editing and Revising Picture Books

Picture Book Revision Takes 25 Years

 Harold Underdown's Revision Recommendations 









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