Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go off on a tangent or if you give them extraneous information that doesn't serve the story. You really have to tell a tight story. You have to give them humor and suspense and believable characters. All those things that adults want too, but you have to be really on your game when you're writing for kids.
Your head is full of kelp. - Rick Riordan
Your head is full of kelp.
- Rick Riordan
Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come. - Rick Riordan
Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come.
Who are you?" Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you." ?? - Rick Riordan
Who are you?" Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you." ??
Percy yelled. "What's going- Gah! Shrimpzilla! - Rick Riordan
Percy yelled. "What's going- Gah! Shrimpzilla!
You're a stalker with hooves." -Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
You're a stalker with hooves." -Percy Jackson
Knowledge isn't always good for you. - Rick Riordan
Knowledge isn't always good for you.
Nothing is unfixable. - Rick Riordan
Nothing is unfixable.
Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game. - Rick Riordan
Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice. - Rick Riordan
The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
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