On Children's Book Writing

Notes on writing children's books for people who want to write children's books without A.I. assistance.
Sep 14
How to Write a Children's Book

How to Write a Children's Book

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Dec 26
Now What

Now What

The end of the How to Write a Children's Book Series You’ve finished your first children’s
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Dec 19
DAY SEVEN - FINALIZING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

DAY SEVEN - FINALIZING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

This is it. These are the final steps to writing your children’s book. The finalization stage comes to you
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Dec 12
Day Six - RESTING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Six - RESTING Chapter 32 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Let your book rest for at least one day. This is going to be the longest 24 hours you have
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Dec 05
Day Five - Drafting Chapter 30 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Five - Drafting Chapter 30 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

PHONE-A-FRIEND At this point, your story should feel pretty solid, which means you need to stress-test it seriously. In the
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Nov 28
Day Five - Drafting Chapter 28 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Five - Drafting Chapter 28 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

RECORD AND LISTEN With that step completed, it is time to move on to the next task which is the
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Nov 21

Day Five - Drafting Chapter 26 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

I may have tricked you. Mapping is essentiallyMapping is essentially your first draft. Look at that! You’ve already written
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Nov 14
Day Four - Mapping Chapters 24 & 25 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Four - Mapping Chapters 24 & 25 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Mapping is the stage in which your book begins to take its actual form. I highly recommend starting with a
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Nov 07
Day Three - Summarizing Continued...Again, Chapters 22 & 23 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Three - Summarizing Continued...Again, Chapters 22 & 23 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

SPILL TWO You should be feeling pretty comfortable with the direction and flow of your story now. To wrap up
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Oct 31
Day Three - Summarizing Continued Chapters 19 to 21 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Three - Summarizing Continued Chapters 19 to 21 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Spill One We have twoWe have two more steps to go. Now that you’ve completed your sales description task,
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Oct 24
Day Three - Summarizing Chapter 18 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

Day Three - Summarizing Chapter 18 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

The summarization step happens in three smaller steps. In this section,In this section, you will be writing a sales
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Oct 17
DAY TWO - Last Mining Session Chapters 15,16, 17 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

DAY TWO - Last Mining Session Chapters 15,16, 17 of How to Write a Children's Book: a 7-day Workshop in a Book

CLEAR YOUR SPACE OF DISTRACTIONS You have one mining session to go, and it is a big one. Just one
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