January 20th, 2008
How To Write For Children
Many ideas about writing for children are false. Let’s approach the perspective of false ideas (not-to-dos) that keep circulating. Here are fourteen not-to-dos with suggestions for what-to-do.
1. Never write “cutesy.” You are writing for children who are more clever, discerning, and shrewd than most adults were when children. Television, computers, and Internet have opened the world to today’s children. Cutesy will not interest them. They want and deserve substance and excellent writing.