Do you want to write about children or for them? Adults and children read in different ways -- Warning: writing for children may not be as simple as you think. Why do people write for children? What should a children's writer write, or not write? -- Different age groups. Small children's books -- Novels for children of medium age. Writing routine. voice. Your imaginary reader. your central character. Story-telling or describing. Assembling your story. Getting started -- Plots for the small to medium. How do you get your ideas? themes. Building the reader's interest. Beginning. Keeping them interested. Ending -- Character. How are characters created? Extending you characters. Depicting them. Villains. Dialogue. Dialect. Details -- Writing for television. Children's plays. Picture-books. Poetry. Teenage novels -- Myth and fantasy. Ghost stories. Humour. Historical novels -- Practical points. Moral message, yes or no? Taboos. Final advice.
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