Tips to Write an Award Winning Children’s Book

Posted by laredopublishing on January 28th, 2020

Are you planning to write a children’s book but have no idea how to get started? The good part is that you can easily dash out a good book with a little guidance and popularize your fictional character among the children. Follow the simple steps listed below to writing kid’s book.

1. Determine your book’s target audience and find ideas about your book accordingly

You may be having an idea about your kid’s book but it’s important to refining it. Research about the best children books available in the market already. Also, go through their summary. This will give you some great ideas and strategies of writing an award winning book. Get an idea about how the well-established children book authors describe their characters. Most of the authors invest their time and effort in writing the book without knowing how to make their book different from the others.

2. Develop the hero of your story

The best children’s books have highly influential characters. They are a little funny, quirky, and look strange. Moreover, they have a unique style of talking. A good poetry book publisher is always in search of kid’s stories whose main character is relatable and feels real.

3. Your book should have a standard word count

An ideal word count for a kid’s book usually depends on its story, category, and age range of the target audience. Most of the writers go wrong here because the miss one or the other mentioned points. For example if you are planning to write picture books for children with age 3 to 7 years then 750 words will prove out to be an ideal word count. But if your book has over 1000 words then it’s surely to fail in the market. Also, children don’t like to read more of the text.

4. Keep interesting prologue/introduction of the story

Several unsuccessful kids’ books fail to grab the attention of parents and children as they have a boring start. For example – if the story is focused on a child’s first time to school, keep the plot of joining the institution on the second page. Keep the reader in mystery to keep them interested in reading your story till the very end. The reader should be keen to know about the child’s life and other scenes.

6. Find a reliable publisher for your book

You need a reputed Children book publisher for perfect publishing and grand launch of your book. There are several tricks and techniques known to editors that help, improve the overall experience of the readers.

5. Create a story where good number of illustrators can be added

A successful illustrator is crucial for the success of a children’s book. As a writer it your duty to think about the material your illustrator will give to your story. Don’t create a story that makes the job of illustrator tough. Like if the main plot of your book’s story is inside an old house, the illustrator will struggle to create interesting visuals. Keep in mind visuals improve the value of a book so work on your story accordingly.