7 Tips That Can Help You Write Effective Stories

Writing books for children is a good profession and if you have the passion for writing, you can indeed write for the children. Keep in mind that writing children’s books is as challenging as writing for adults. In fact, you have to make it better as well. If you are interested in writing children’s books, it is important that you keep some tips in mind.
Here are a few tips that you might find useful in writing books for children.
1. Choose what genre of children’s books you want to write. You can choose picture books, books intended for children aged 3 to 7, those aged 8 to 12, those for mid-teens and so on. Of course, there are a lot of factors that you have to consider in choosing your target audience.
2. Study and research what your audience likes. You can go to bookstores and observe what the children love to read. Check out and read for yourself some popular children’s books and learn what makes them click towards children. You have to pay utmost attention to the illustration used, the voice, the characters as well as the plot.
3. Make use of dialogues that does not only tell but show what the character is saying but what he is thinking and doing as well. Indeed, a dialogue can be effective if you are not just writing the dialogue but also showing your audience a clear picture of the event.
4. Develop your character well. Yes, a good plot of the story is one important factor that makes your story interesting but with a flat, uninteresting character, it will not also be as interesting as well. Try to develop your character before even starting to write. This will help you make your story more interesting when you put in the conflicts of your plot. You may be tempted to use talking animals as your character, but keep in mind too that there are certain factors that you have to consider to make your talking animals effective. Check out popular stories with talking animals and find out what makes it click.
5. Use humor. Children love to laugh, thus you can also take advantage of this by adding humor in your stories. Make sure as well that your humor is age-appropriate that your target audience is able to relate to your humor.
6. Use illustrations and color especially if you are writing books for younger children. Kids love color and drawings and that can get their attention. In writing children’s books, you have to consider every factor that can get the attention.
7. Be original. Be unique. Yes, you can get ideas from the popular children’s books already existing in the market but you have to make your own original story and characters as well. Have your own signature when it comes to writing books for children.
You may not find instant success in your first book but you have to be patient and persistent. Keep in mind too that rejection is part of an author’s success, thus you don’t have to be discouraged.