By Joanna Penn
It’s always brilliant to hear lessons learned from other writers and I know a lot of you are writing for children, so I’m sure this post by Jo Ann Kairys, co-author of Sunbelievable will be helpful.
My son and I wrote the first draft of a children’s story over 2 years ago. Never did we imagine there would be dozens of re-writes.
We were inspired by his daughters, then ages 5 and 3, as they entertained each other with vivid imagination and storytelling. Each of us, accomplished authors on academic topics, thought we could easily transform their amusing dialogue into a children’s book.
Not so fast!
Those early steps led to quite an adventure—not just writing—but more importantly, the process of creating a unique product... More...
