Start with a real-life scenario when writing for Children

When writing for children a common method of beginning is to commence with an incident or happening. Any particular occurence, whether you've read about it, or perhaps heard about it on the TV, or maybe a chance phrase or bumping into someone may create a sudden unshakeable belief that this is a possibility for, one day the beginning of a book. Writing for children is, contrary to what many people believe, just as hard and challenging as writing for grown-ups, it's true to say that in a number of more so, so when you are writing for children, do choose your incident or happening carefully as you need to gain, and keep a child's notoriously fickle attention.

In any case it may take a long time for you to start writing for children, but the idea remains firmly fixed in your mind, and so does its potential for a good book. Here's an example for you to consider, it's the story of the manager of an orphanage who was aware that many of the youngsters in her care had invented "real belonging mothers" belonging just to themselves. In some cases the mothers really existed, but many of these absent moms were invented by the children themselves to fill an aching void, because they didn't know the identity of their real mothers, they simply invented them.

When you are writing for children, you could perhaps consider this scenario - file it away in your mind and give it time to grow and develop. Perhaps years later you may be able to use and develop it. Here's one possibility ....

Orphans in a convent create fantasy mothers for themselves. Some fantasise about wonderful, cuddly moms who love them enormously and only left them at the orphanage because they had no other option in a cold, hard world. Maybe other children fantasise about spiteful, uncaring women who simply left them out of cruelty and spite - sounds a bit like a wicked stepmother - doesn't it? And we all know what wonderful fairytales have been woven around wicked stepmothers!

Of course not all situations will develop well. You do need to consider carefully what might be worked into a good storyline and which scenarios should be left well alone when writing for children. After all, you don't want to make your stories too scary! Remember those fantasy moms - those children needed pretend mothers who would support rather than hurt them, and any writing for children should always leave the reader feeling warm and reassured after the conclusion has been reached.

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Ellie Dixon lives in deepest rural Devon, England with her husband and two very large Newfoundland dogs. She is passionate about vintage illustrated children's books and loves to restore and edit them for today's kids to rediscover. Visit Scruffy's Bookshop, Ellie's main website for some great books, and Ellie also recommends How to Write a Great Children's Book! for aspiring authors.

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