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Writing for the Children's Market
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Writing for Children is a unique, fun experience, yet not too different from writing for adults. The key is remembering who your audience is. What appeals to children? What vocabulary is appropriate? How does one motivate, yet not preach? These are all considerations one must keep in mind when writing for children.
On this page, I've included puzzles along with other writing I've done for children, as puzzles are a form of writing. Words must be carefully weighed when chosen, as must the order of the words. The goal is always to captivate the children, and one can't do that with dull, uninspiring words or concepts. I have a series of math puzzle books, as well as many children's books that I've edited and developed for the ever-popular Brain Games series if you'd like to see some samples!
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Think and Discover |
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"Be A Writer" |
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Issue 22, p.9, Nov/Dec 2006 |
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A rebus is a story which uses icons or pictures in place of or in conjunction with nouns and/or adjectives. A few children's magazines such as Highlights For Children and Ladybug use rebuses to help young readers learn to read. Highlights incorporates both the picture and the noun in their stories. Rebuses generally run 100 - 200 words. The key to a good rebus is repeating several nouns throughout the story. Writing a rebus is not as easy as it appears. More so than in other forms of writing, every single word must be necessary, given the maximum word count allowed by the magazines.
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Children's Market
