How To Sell Your Children's Nonfiction with a Brilliant Book Proposal

How To Sell Your Children’s Nonfiction with a Brilliant Book Proposal

The Insider Guide to Getting a Contract BEFORE You Write the Book

with Patricia Newman

An exclusive WriteForKids Session

Who It’s For: All kidlit writers who want sell their nonfiction book idea to publishers before it’s written!

What It Does: You’ll learn how to create an ideal nonfiction book proposal – step-by-step..

What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout.

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Want to write children’s nonfiction?


Then you MUST know how to write a book proposal that makes editors say “WOW!”

Here’s how:

Many writers believe you have to write an entire nonfiction book before sending it to a publisher.


They’re wrong. If you’re writing anything longer than a picture book for very young readers, you craft the book proposal first.


If you get a “thumbs-up” from a publisher, only then do you write your book. In this workshop, you’re going to learn how to get one “thumbs up” after another.

But here’s the catch:

Even for the best writers, the nonfiction book proposal is a notoriously tricky proposition.


That’s because, in only a few pages, you have to distill the essence of your book idea, demonstrate that you have adequate knowledge to complete the task and stand out from the scores of other proposals sitting on the editor’s desk.


If you talk to nonfiction writers, they’ll tell you that crafting the perfect book proposal is often harder and more nerve-wracking than writing the actual book.


But not for this writer:

Meet Patricia Newman, the Sibert Medal honoree widely considered to be among the finest children’s nonfiction authors working today.


In this exclusive workshop, you’ll have a rare opportunity to learn the art of the nonfiction book proposal directly from Patricia.


How To Sell Your Children’s Nonfiction with a Brilliant Book Proposal is hands-on workshop in which Patricia will take you step-by-step through her nonfiction book proposal creation process – and show you how to start building your book from the proposal!


She even shares the full proposal she used to sell her Sibert Honor book Sea Otter Heroes.

See what Patricia’s students have to say about

How To Sell Your Children’s Nonfiction with a Brilliant Book Proposal:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Truly outstanding information that will help me with my non fiction topic and the steps to create a quality and enticing proposal.

LAURIE G.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Simply blown away, and have even more ideas jostling in my head!

VINITA Z.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Incredibly informative. I feel much more confident now about putting a proposal together, thank you!

ESTELLE P.

You’ll learn:

What a nonfiction book proposal really is. (Hint: it’s much more than an outline).

What makes a great “hook” — and how to create your own.

The optimal structure for a successful nonfiction book proposal.

How to understand which of the 5 kinds of nonfiction (active, browseable, traditional, expository, narrative) is right for your book project.

How to approach important aspects such as back matter, glossaries, timelines and more — and do it in creative ways editors will love.

How to organize your research.

…and much more!

Patricia Newman is an award-winning author of nonfiction books that inspire young readers seek connections to the real world.

Considered one of the best nonfiction authors writing for students in today’s market, her titles include A River’s Gifts , Planet Ocean, Sea Otter Heroes (Green Earth Book Award winner), Eavesdropping on Elephants (Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature Best Children’s Books of the Year); Zoo Scientists to the Rescue (Eureka! Gold Award), Plastic, Ahoy! (AAAS/Subaru Science Books and Film Prize, finalist) and Neema’s Reason to Smile (Parents’ Choice Recommended)

Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop & Handouts

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Full 90 minute workshop!

Info-packed PDF Handout