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Elements of childrens short stories

Writing successful short stories means fully understanding their basic elements and that can be very confusing. If you had to learn all of that, in depth, you would never get started.

I have provided you and your child with some simpler guidelines, my own condensed version if you will.

I want you to write... anything, so these simple pointers should help you remember the important Five W's of a story and keep you both on track.

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Later, when you are a great writer, you can read fully defined rules from the Fayette County Public Schools, the Halifax Regional School Board, the Public Media Foundation, the University of Wales and even the Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute.

And maybe make your way to becoming a professional writer!

Hey, maybe mom or dad are interested in writing children's books, if so have them click here!

That was all a mouthful, wasn't it?

Ok, we’re done for now. Just remember to try to answer these questions before you start writing... Who, What, When, Where, and Why? The order doesn’t matter.

The 5 W’s. Simple right? Can you repeat them? Good! So what’s holding you up on this Short Story idea? Still need a challenge for your brain?

Let's get writing!


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