Finding the Right Voice for Teens and Tweens

Writing Craft
2013
Featuring Helen Chapman, Julie Anne Lindsey, Kourtney Heintz, Rae Ann Parker

This audio session is available to KNU members.

Explore Membership Options

ABOUT THIS SESSION

Helen Chapman, Julie Anne Lindsey, Kourtney Heintz, and Rae Ann Parker discuss what it takes to write authentically for teens and tweens. They explore voice, theme, and emotional honesty, and explain how writing for younger audiences differs from writing for adults.

MORE LIKE THIS


When Food Tells the Story
Gail Bellamy
2013
Why We Turn to Mystery When Life Feels Uncertain
Karen McCullough, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Laura DiSilverio, Leslie Budewitz
2015
Amateur Sleuths: Writing Ordinary People Solving Crimes
Clea Simon, Con Lehane, Marcia Talley, Susan Oleksiw, Suzanne Trauth, Tim O'Mara
2016
Why Westerns Never Die
Jim Nesbitt, Terrence McCauley
2023
Finding the Spark That Fuels Your Creative Work
Amy Denton, DB Sieders, Debra Gaskill, Jason Fort, Rea Frey, Rich Zahradnik, Richard Helms
2018
Wandering Middles: How to Repair a Story That’s Losing Momentum
Alan Elliott, Dianne McCartney, JJ Renek, Ley Esses, Mark Jones, TK Sheffield
2025
What It Takes to Get a Play Produced
Jessica Seigel, Judy Klass, Jule Selbo, Michael Cordell
2022
Bringing the Past to Life on the Page
Alana White, Amanda McCrina, Bill Rapp, Kathryn Lasky, Kelly Oliver, Kimberly Collins
2023