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Writing for Children: Enjoy the Journey

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Eight tips to keep in mind when on your writing for children journey.

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Scenes and How to Make Them Work

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Scenes are the building blocks to your story. They should fit snuggly into each other to move your story forward.

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Word Constraints, a Bet, and Dr. Seuss

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Did you know that Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham was created on a bet?

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Do Your Characters’ Descriptions Matter?

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Character descriptions are essential to make your characters alive. It’s what helps the reader make a connection to the character and the story.

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What Should You Do If Your Book Fails?

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What happens if you’ve done all your book marketing right, but your book fails anyway?

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Writing a Marketable Children’s Book – First Four Steps

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There are a number of elements to create a marketable children’s book, the first is knowing your target audience.

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The Great First Impression Book Proposal

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The Great First Impression Book Proposal by Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the perfect audiobook to give you the tips and insight your need to help get your book proposal through the Publisher’s or Agent’s door.

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Even Tiny Action Steps Can Produce Huge Results

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Every journey begins with a first step. It’s the same with writing. It may seem to be taking a long time to see big results, but think of the sequoia tree.

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The Writing Juggling Act

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Writing is a juggling act. It’s all about creating new stories or articles. The other aspect of the writing juggling act is book marketing.

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Giving Basic Writing Advice

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As a writer, what do you do when you’re asked to review a manuscript or give it a critique, and it’s terrible?

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