Writing picture books can be great fun, but they’re not easy to create. There is the story, characters, illustrations, formatting, and so on.
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Story, Plot, and Arcs
Every fiction story needs to have a plot. Along with that, it needs a story arc and a character arc. All this creates stories readers become invested in, stories readers want to read.
Writing a Successful Children’s Series – 3 Key Elements
This is Part2 of writing a children’s series. And, if you’re a children’s writer of chapter books, middle grade, or young adult you can write one. To write a series, you need three things: 1. Strong characters In a ‘live’ workshop, Scholastic senior editor Matt Ringler noted that the most important element of a series…
The Writing Elements Mix – Is There a Right Balance?
Writing can be thought of as a recipe, a handful of plot, a quarter cup of setting, a half cup of dialogue, and a half cup of action and forward movement. Then you also need to add just the right amount of theme, character, setting, and style. Stir it all together and bake for several…