The Institute Difference
Writers simply benefit more from advice they can trust. And one place to learn the art of writing for publication is The Institute of Children's ...
Writing for Children Blog
ICL’s weekly blog article features freelance writer Jan Fields.
With over 100 published books and magazine articles, Jan delivers first-hand knowledge on how to sharpen, submit, and market your writing. Jan’s articles explore inevitable writing struggles and offers tireless strategies and techniques to support you in reaching your writing goals.
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Be Prepared to See Characters Suffer
Nothing wrecks a story quicker than a writer who is trying to shield the characters from suffering. Story is about challenge. And challenge is about ...
Character Emotion: Show Don't Tell
Because emotion is so important to successful writing, writers need to think about it. And never is this truer than in creating our characters. ...
First Steps in Character Creation
Character creation involves building your person from scratch. So, jumpstarting character creation often benefits from creative boosting tricks.
Can You Have Adult Characters?
Most children's books contain adults. What they don't do, or don't do often, is feature the adult characters. But the adults are there.
