Five Things to Remember When Writing for Children

chillibreeze writer — Saurabh Turakhia

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1. Do not underestimate a child's understanding—a child's curiosity is a good trigger for compelling plots. For example, a good storyteller can weave a story of friendship around the clouds and the rain. Similarly, all events and elements of nature lend themselves to be able to be a part of a riveting plot for fictional stories. A child would be all-ears for a story on how the seven colours met to form a rainbow.

2. While a child may not understand many human relationships—he or she is good at understanding the limited world he or she is exposed to.

A child knows that Mom and Dad are the pillars and the caretakers. A child knows that they fill his or her world with special toys and presents. Stories on love and respect for parents, value system would work wonderfully with children. An inspiring story on how God sent mothers as He could not be everywhere would go a long way in establishing a wonderful child-mother relationship.

3. A child's mind is a wonderful sponge that is good at absorbing things. This is reason enough to create inspiring stories, for children are likely to keep these with them all through their lives.

To instill good values, a children's storywriter can create some wonderful stories that will stay with him or her all her life. For example, a story on why robbing is bad or a story on how one good deed leads to another can be interestingly told. The better it is told—the longer will it stay.

4. It is difficult to write in simple words, and that is most important while writing for children. You get freedom to imagine or weaving the story plots, but the words you use have to be within the child's vocabulary. Also, the use of similes is very handy for explaining things that children may not be quite capable of understanding.

5. Writing for children should be satisfying, noble and magical. A story for a child does not start with a murder! A child does not forget a story like the content of yesterday's newspaper. A good story told to a child will be a reference point for all of his or her life.

Writing for children is undoubtedly beautiful-as is their world, noble and immensely magical.

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Saurabh Turakhia is a 31 year old "young" writer, who specialises in writing fiction, fact, greeting cards and wacky one-liners. His lines emote, inspire, disseminate information and touch hearts.

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