Denise Deegan, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/denisedeegan/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:32:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Writing For Young Adults – What Preparing A Masterclass Has Taught Me https://booksbywomen.org/writing-for-young-adults-what-preparing-a-masterclass-has-taught-me/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-for-young-adults-what-preparing-a-masterclass-has-taught-me/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:01:57 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21710 When the Irish Arts Center in New York asked me to hold a masterclass on writing young adult fiction, I thought: sure, no problem. I regularly run story workshops in schools. They’re interactive, fun and hugely educational.  For me, too. Because kids are kids. And teenagers are teenagers. They give so much of themselves. There […]

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