Work in Progress - The First Steps on the Road to Becoming a Children's Writer (Paperback)

"Many writers are coy, and would no more dream of showing you their early drafts than their royalty statements," writes Brian Stableford, course tutor, in his introduction - yet this is exactly what the children's writers do in this book. First - or even tenth - drafts are not the ones that are published. Here MA writing students display their unpolished creative pieces, alongside the not-always-complimentary assessments given by tutors, in the belief that these first faltering footsteps in a "trackless wilderness" will be of practical help to others who want to improve their self-critical skills.