Tips For Becoming a Successful Children’s Author

Becoming a children’s author is a promising career as agents, editors, and publishers actively buy and sell books for children. Many authors can sit down and write a children’s book, but it takes a lot of consistency to become a great author. With a little help and guidance, you can be a top writer earning the attention of thousands of kids around the world. Let’s discuss four tips on how you can become a successful children’s author.

Discover your best idea

As an author, you most likely have an idea in mind about what you want to write about. However, it would help if you worked hard on refining that idea. Since numerous books have the same idea, it’s crucial to find out their storyline before putting all your time and energy into the book. 

Research about the competing books, and if you realize your idea is common in children’s books, twist your story to make it somehow different. Adding a twist will distinguish it from other books. Successful authors such as Daniel Handler have had their books rejected numerous times by publishers because of their book ideas. However, they have still emerged top by developing other great ideas and becoming great authors.

Developing the main character

Children need a main character who feels real and can relate with, but not a character that stands in for all children. Discovering your main character includes knowing their desires, habits, personality, language, fears, triggers, etc. Once you create your main character, children will begin to relate to them and your story.

Find out which length is suitable

Before you begin writing a children’s book, you must figure out the proper word count for it. You should find out the age range you plan to write for and keep within the word count. For instance, in his book “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” the best author Daniel Handler only wrote 214 pages. The book became a best-seller even with such a few pages and featured as a series on Nickelodeon. Many children’s books don’t go beyond 1000 words. They may lose interest quickly if the book is too long. 

Grab their attention first

If you fail to grab the children’s attention in the first few pages, your book will not sell out. Even children like reading exciting books; therefore, your story should not start too slow. It’s essential to write about the main event as you begin and give interesting details.

Final thought

To become a successful children’s author, you must have an engaging story that the children will enjoy reading. If you are a reader too, you can draw inspiration from other children’s books that have been successful in the past. Successful authors know how to tell a story in the most captivating and imaginative way possible.