Parent toolkit for Kid Authors #4: Breaking the Rules

When kids write in school, they are expected to follow a set of rules. They’ve been learning the rules for years through a systematic process of steadily adding more rules, along with an increase in expectations as to how the rules are applied. For example, in kindergarten we want…

Parent toolkit for Kid Authors #3: Writing in order – or not

“How should I approach writing my story?” A question I receive often. And if you can think of a specific answer, I guarantee there’s an author somewhere that agrees with you. If you start listening to authors who discuss their writing process, you’ll learn all sorts of ideas…

Parent toolkit for Kid Authors #2: Tips for Writing

Imagine you have a kid in your life who loves to write. She comes up with story ideas, writes them down, and longs to hold in her hands a book that she’s written, with her name on the cover. She loves how she feels when she reads a good…