Do you know the different children’s book genres? You should, if you want to write for kids. Many people get confused by genres in literature. Genres are simply categories based on style, content, form, and length. But what can be confusing is that many categories of genres overlap, so it’s often difficult to determine which…
A Guest Post from Children’s Author Nancy I. Sanders I just talked with my sister whose son lives in Minnesota. Her son was caught driving in a blizzard on Saturday but fortunately is okay. Here in my garden in sunny southern California, however, flowers are blooming everywhere. Spring has officially arrived! There are calla lilies…
A Guest Post from Children’s Author Melissa Abramovitz Writing about Holidays Happy February! Like most months of the year, February has a well-known holiday—Valentine’s Day. So what does this have to do with writing for children? A Never-Ending Source of Ideas Holidays provide a never-ending source of fiction and nonfiction story ideas, and since holidays…
When writing a mystery for a children’s magazine, there are basic ingredients your story should have: Problem A mystery usually starts with a problem that involves a crime or mysterious unknown. Somebody is needed to solve the problem and get all the questions answered. Think whodunit! Characters • Detective or main character (MC) whose job…
Writing Daily Recently I read an excellent book on novel writing. It contained many helpful tips and strategies on writing top-quality fiction. Yet I was very frustrated with the author’s writing mantra. He claimed that his success in writing was based on one goal he consistently strove for and achieved: He wrote 3,000 words each…
Learn why story endings are so important and how to get them right.
One of the things I like best about types of nonfiction nonfiction formats for children’s magazines is the wide array of structures, or formats, in which material can be presented. Nonfiction articles can take the form of narrative prose, how-to’s, quizzes, verse, personal experience, slice-of-life, profiles, as-told-to’s, or some combination of the above. The structure…
Good titles for books are important and Nancy I. Sanders explains how to come up with a good title.
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