Writing For Children
From a philosophical treatise to a picture book story I guess there is only one reason why anyone feels the urge to write. There is a story inside that is bursting to be set free. And once the word is out hundreds and even thousands of story ideas start vying for position, demanding to be heard. But when the writing bug really takes hold there is nothing on earth that will halt the unstoppable force…writing becomes part of life!
Why write for children?
‘’m often asked this question and there’s a simple answer. Writing fantasy adventure for the younger reader is so much fun. It allows for much greater creativity and freedom of imagination. Even though it requires the same strict disciplines that other forms of writing demand, ideas can go in so many more directions. Animals can talk! Cars can fly! People can disappear and reappear. As long as there is a plausible reason, anything is possible. Worlds, even universes can collide… all in the name of entertainment. And when I start writing for children that is my overriding goal. I want to entertain, to take them on an exciting journey of discovery where nothing else in the world matters, where they just want to snuggle up, keep turning the pages until they get to the very end.
Ideas…
The first question I am always asked by non-writers is…where do you get your ideas from? The truth is most writers eventually accumulate more ideas than they will ever use in one single lifetime. That may sound rather blas