Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesCreating Ideas For Children’s Books
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Ideas are everywhere. All of the time. It’s our job, as writers, to find some ideas and turn them into entertaining stories.
The most common sources of inspiration include: our experiences and personalities, children, family, pets, friends, conversations, television, newspapers, books etc.
I’ve never had any trouble finding ideas for stories. My problem is finding time to […]
10 Survival Tips For Taking Young Children Camping
Thursday, March 27th, 2008“Let’s go camping!” With those few simple words you are instantly a hero to your children. To ensure you remain that way during the camping trip, you better make sure you have planned well and are prepared for all types of contingencies. Along with lots of snacks and back-up rain gear, bring along these 10 […]
Writing Picture Books for Children
Monday, March 24th, 2008Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one.
In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children’s books to write and do well.
That doesn’t mean you can’t write one. It means that you need to take time to produce […]
Children’s Books - How to Keep Children Turning Those Pages
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008How should a children’s book be constructed?
A very important element in the construction of a piece of creative writing is a strong beginning. If the opening is not catchy, then readers will fairly rapidly lose interest.
Children tend to have a short attention span and want to be quickly engrossed in a story.
This can be difficult […]
How to Enjoy Camping with Children
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Many of us have fond memories of our parents taking us camping as children and would like to pass on this experience to our children but are a little daunted by what we see as the unknown, particularly if it has been a while since we last went camping.
The best thing to remember is that […]
Writing Picture Books for Children
Monday, March 17th, 2008Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one.
In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children’s books to write and do well.
That doesn’t mean you can’t write one. It means that you need to take time to produce […]
Children’s Stories - Submitting Manuscripts to Publishers
Friday, March 14th, 2008First you must enjoy writing ? you are doing it for your own satisfaction. I?m sorry to have to inform you that you won?t make a J.K. Rowlings fortune even if you do find a publisher - and you may not. The competition is fierce!
If you haven’t read many children’s books since you were […]
Creating Believable Characters for Children’s Books
Thursday, March 13th, 2008If you’ve read my previous articles you’ll be aware that I’ve defined children’s books as books that feature a child as the main character and the audience is children.
So, let’s take a look at children as characters.
In picture books, no description of the characters is necessary. Picture books are highly visual and therefore all characters […]
Start Your Children’s Writing Career Today
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008So you want to write a children’s book. Great! Writing for children is a wonderful hobby or occupation (as in my case).
But where does one start? What does one need to do to become a children’s author? How did I become a published children’s author?
Actually, I decided that I wanted to be a writer before […]
Writing Picture Books for Children
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one.
In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children’s books to write and do well.
That doesn’t mean you can’t write one. It means that you need to take time to produce […]