| Have you been writing or are you considering to | | | | us as parents, caregivers and grandparents, we |
| write a children's book? Do you think the stories | | | | are always encouraging children's imagination in the |
| you want to tell are exciting enough for children? | | | | early years. But why do we stop doing this for |
| Well, children's stories are filled with characters | | | | ourselves? |
| going on wild adventures and solving problems as | | | | When writing children's books, it's the simple utter |
| simple as finding a lost sock. But when you learn | | | | of joy and creation that you once knew as a child |
| to write children's books, an element of | | | | and tapping into this is important. Getting back to |
| creativeness is needed to develop stories that | | | | the feeling of when you were a child, what you |
| children find fun and exciting. | | | | liked about the stories you read and the simple |
| A story about a child looking for a lost sock could | | | | ideas that had you jumping over the moon to |
| be quite a dull read, unless, the journey the child | | | | express. Helping to bring out the creative child |
| takes has it's ups and downs and is a unique | | | | within not only aids your story creation but also |
| adventure. The aim of writing stories for children | | | | the passion, purpose and fulfillment you feel when |
| is one they can relate to and see themselves in. | | | | writing for children. |
| Unleashing your creative child within is what can | | | | Writers block is one example of creativeness |
| help you do this. | | | | being pushed further from your mind and hidden |
| As adults, the pressures of everyday life, from | | | | well and truly within you. Learning how to spark |
| raising a family and maintaining a home to full time | | | | your creativity and bring it out to play is the key |
| work, not to mention the social pressure of | | | | to writing successful children's books. Thinking |
| friends and extended families, plays a toll on our | | | | outside the box is how you will discover the joy |
| imagination and creativeness. We simply 'grow-up' | | | | of making your own creative way in the children's |
| and leave our young selves in the past, when we | | | | book industry and that will set you apart from |
| were children. The important thing here is that | | | | the rest. |
| imagination and creativeness is what we need to | | | | Once you begin this journey of developing your |
| really write those stories children will connect with | | | | creativity, there is no looking back and you can |
| and enjoy. | | | | produce creative children's books over and over |
| Children live in their own worlds, surrounded by | | | | again. Because when you live creatively and in the |
| stuffed toys and magical worlds they develop in | | | | moment, the only place you'll want to look is to |
| make believe games. They simply do not feel the | | | | the future, to your next story, where the next |
| pressures around us that we do. In other words, | | | | creative reward awaits. |