Category: Writing Inspiration
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Understanding Your Audience
When choosing a topic to write about with a children’s book, it is wise to know what matters to your audience. Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? Hopefully, you have a great childhood memory or firsthand experience with children. When I was in 2nd grade, I had a wonderful teacher.…
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Picture Prompt Writing
Ten minutes writing prompts based on the picture. Eric pushed his still-damp hair from his face. She noticed he smelled faintly of cedar and fabric softener. The silence was broken only by their footsteps. She touched his arm and said, “Look.” Before them was the old barn of their childhood. As they approached the barn,…
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Yikes! Trying to Write A Rhyming Children’s Book
Getting each word just right, that is one of the hardest skills when writing poetry. William Wordsworth would walk the hills by his house in Cumberland, England and write poetry in his head. He would say them out loud while he walked and he would remember them and write them when he returned home. For…