| I have always been someone who writes a lot - | | | | searching for. |
| and as a copywriter and marketer, commercial | | | | In "How To Write A Great Children's Book" Robyn |
| writing is now how I make a living. For the past | | | | takes you through every stage of the process - |
| few years, however, I have been more and | | | | from finding time and space to write, to pitching |
| more aware of a desire to write in a different | | | | your book at the right age for your readers, and |
| way - and have recently returned to a forgotten | | | | even tips on finding a publisher. |
| dream of writing for children. | | | | Most valuable to me was the way that Robyn |
| As I was setting out to start writing a children's | | | | talks about the attitude and approach to take to |
| book, I searched far and wide for advice and tips | | | | writing. I had been seeing the children's book I am |
| on the subject. If I'm honest, I trawled through a | | | | working on as a "hobby" - a bit like the way I pick |
| huge number of websites and writing guides, | | | | up knitting in the winter, or have a guitar leaning |
| without really feeling that I was being given | | | | beside my sofa so I can practise grips while |
| anything more than the most obvious | | | | watching TV. |
| common-sense tips. | | | | But the fact is, that if I want to be a successful |
| Then I found an e-book by Robyn Opie, a | | | | and published children's writer, I'm going to need |
| best-selling children's author in Australia - and it | | | | to approach the work far more diligently and with |
| was exactly the type of advice I had been | | | | genuine commitment. |