How to write for children ~ from picture books to young adult

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Entries Tagged as 'Seven Deadly Sins'

Reportage, Info Dump, Author Intrusion

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

In children’s books, especially,  we see this sin. So many people choose to write for children because they want to educate readers, after all. So, I’ll give the red ribbon of second place of the Seven Deadly Sins to the sin of reportage. Yep, reportage. Lot’s of people call this author intrusion, or an info [...]

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Tags: Craft · Description · Seven Deadly Sins

Reacting to Stimuli

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I just got back from a writing conference where I met with a mentoring group for the purpose of critiquing and being critiqued. We were led by Gayle Roper, who has published many books and has a great eye and ear. She caught a pile of mistakes in our work! Some of our errors seem [...]

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Tags: Craft · Seven Deadly Sins