Whether you're nurturing your first idea for a children's book or
have a published book or two under your belt, Judy K. Morris will
delight you, guide and inspire you, challenge and encourage you,
and improve your chances of reaching the ultimate goal of every
children's book author: your reader inside your story and your
story inside your reader. A published author of both fiction and
nonfiction for children, Morris draws on extensive experience
teaching children how to write and teaching adults how to write for
children. Here she combines concrete methods and step-by-step
techniques with succinct rules of thumb: work at making your novel
whole from the start; never underestimate the power of the plain
truth; personality quirks are no substitute for character; doing a
good job of writing usually means doing a good job of rewriting.
Using judiciously chosen examples from successful children's
literature, Writing Fiction for Children covers the building blocks
of plot, characters, and setting and addresses common problems such
as awkward plotting, oversimplifying, and taking a preachy or
self-conscious tone. Pragmatic exercises stimulate writers to scour
their experiences, sharpen their powers of observation, and capture
the details, voice, and narrative energy that can bring stories
vividly to life and keep readers submerged in make-believe. Loaded
with practical advice and helpful exercises, Writing Fiction for
Children is especially useful for anyone who aspires to write for
children in the "middle ages" of eight to twelve. Children's books
should be hopeful, thrilling, funny, interesting, touching, and a
pleasure to read, Morris says. Above all, they must have something
at stake that matters. While conceding that only the author can
provide the spark of a story to tell, Morris offers invaluable
guidance on the daily work of crafting, shaping, refining,
revising, and publishing a children's novel.
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