Writing for Children Site
	Sally Apokedak BellaOnline's Writing for Children Editor

Creating Time to Write
If you want to write, really want to write, you need to make the time.

Fiction and Reality
How real does your fiction have to be when it comes to writing for children and teenagers? Be careful, they can be your toughest audience when it comes to your make-believe world and characters. You have to stay real.

Journals Are Great Writing Tools
Here’s an idea on how you can add 3 more tools to your writer’s toolbox. The best part is the price!

Outlining a Book
There are many ways to outline a book. You just need to find what works best for you. This is the method I use.

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Reading great fiction can help make you a better writer. We start with Trenton Lee Stewart in our review of fiction.

The Next Step in Outlining a Book
We have our skeleton outline for our book. Now what do we do? It’s time to take our book jacket blurb and plug our main ideas under our chapter titles.

Writing Ideas
I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve cried over finding ideas. I didn’t want used ideas; I wanted my own. I decided that since all the good ideas were taken, I shouldn’t write at all. Is my story familiar to you?