With over 20 books in print, children’s author Jen McVeity has worked with top editors throughout Australia and the USA. Now, using her unique Before and After worksheets, Jen reveals the secrets of how teachers or parents can work as real life editors - not just as grammar and spelling checkers. Powerful editing techniques are shared so that children can be shown how to:-

• plan their work. (Hint - keep asking 'What's the ending.')
• write dynamic dialogue (Hint - act out the scene, ad libbing with a friend.)
• create tension (Hint - visualise the scene, slow the action down, use details.)
• start with a bang (Hint - make like the movies, start with heaps of action.)

The dramatic improvement in kid’s written work is almost instantaneous. In fact, most of the 'after' samples of work shown by Jen were written by students less than fifteen minutes after their original piece. From the drab to the dynamic in less than a quarter of an hour?! Yes! It can be done. It can easily be passed on. And it can make a vital difference to so many kid’s writing.

‘...absolutely relevant to the English profession. So much of importance to take away.’ (Pam Listin)

‘Terrific. Practical and useful, both for my own writing and for teaching kids better writing techniques.’ (Mike Smythe)

‘Great. I really enjoyed the workshop...As a teacher I couldn’t ask for more.’ (K. Mahon)

‘Fantastic - energizing!’ (Sharron Hurlin)