What was your childhood like? Was it full of adventure? Did you take regular holidays? What do you remember about being a kid, what stands out in your mind?
If you want to write for children you can but there are a few things to consider and a few questions to ask yourself.
Creativity doesn’t always come naturally and it doesn’t have to there are many things you can do to inspire yourself and gather ideas together. Don’t be fooled into thinking however that writing for children is easier than other types of writing. You will find it to be quite the other way around.
Ask yourself what your motivation is. Is it your love of children or maybe you’re just a big kid yourself. You will need to have passion not only for writing but for writing in a way that reaches out to children. Your story or stories will have to fill a need in their lives whether that need be for pure entertainment, silliness and laughter or reassurance, courage and love.
You will also need to have respect for children, they may not have a lot of life experience but you can’t fool them. Today they have so much more of the world right in front of them and even though they take so much of it in they really do still want to be kids.
If when you write you can draw on your childhood memories and imagination while at the same time consider what today’s kids are interested in you are off to a good start.
Tomorrow – What do children want to read?
Have a Great day 