Very impressive Bath Spa University
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- Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
- MA Writing for Young People
I wanted a course that was specifically structured towards writing for young children. I looked at several MA degrees but was impressed by Bath Spa Universitys emphasis on childrens fiction as a separate discipline.
I really valued the support of my fellow students and the dedicated space to write. I feel much more knowledgeable about childrens publishing as a result of doing the course, and more confident about my ability to work within it. I liked the people I met at Bath Spa and living in a writers community, our work shops were even held in a castle. I am not sure I would have had the space or the motivation to write a novel without the MA in Writing for Young People and it certainly would not have been as good as it was.
My first novel Ways to Live Forever, won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize. This also helped me to get an agent which has been wonderful. I have nearly finished my second novel, The Midnight Hunter, which will be published in 2009.