on Writing

You have never needed a writing course to pen intelligent, interesting stories that capture the imagination with bold creativity and unexpected twists. You know the difference between “there” and “their,” and understand that “they’re” is something else entirely. Your grammar is impeccable, and you know enough about the rules to know when to break them. That is, you have all these things on your side until you attempt writing children’s books. The best thing you can do for your children’s writing career is learn to write for this specific genre of writing!

There are many very successful authors who have written lots of books for adults in a variety of genres who find themselves stumbling when it comes to writing children’s books. They have well honed writing skills that they never needed a writing course to gain and they sit down to apply those skills to writing books children will love. Yet, the story never seems quite right. Or, they send it out repeatedly and get nothing more than immediate rejection. Some editors ignore them altogether, not even humoring them with a reply.

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