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The 7 Deadly Sins of Writing Children’s Books

In the below video I give you the first 3 tips

on writing your children’s book… free.

This video is narrated by the author of The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing Children’s Books and gives you step by step instructions on how to go about writing a childrens book.

We go through the first 3 “deadly sins” and offer writing tips and an overview of the types of mistakes new writers tend to make when writing a childrens book.

Here is a list of the & Deadly Sins:

#1 Pictures Do Not Tell the Story

#2 Show Don’t Tell

#3 Marry Logic With Creativity

#4 Action, Action and More Action

#5 Do Not Make Assumptions

#6 Create a Real Story Around the Lesson

#7 Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation

Leave a comment September 5, 2016 Writers Nexus

Two of the biggest selling fiction authors on the planet, Stephen King and John Grisham do a writers interview. They talk about writing and the publishing industry in the video below.

Listen to the priceless tidbits about publishing their own books and licensing their books for movie rights.

They even talk about the massive changes within the publishing industry with digitalization of books and how they sell fewer and fewer books each year.

This writers interview is from 2016 – entitled – Bookends: John Grisham in Conversation with Stephen King

King and Grisham speak in front of a large audience who paid to be there. This was a conversation to help raise money for The Library Foundation Inc.

Grisham talks about when his first novel, A Time To Kill and his next novel The Firm, were first picked up by a publisher.

King tells a lengthy, detailed and beautiful story about the time he sold his book Carrie.

King’s agent told him over the phone, that he’d sold the Carrie manuscript, first.

He then went out and bought his wife a present – a hair dryer – to surprise her with when he told her the good news.

He was working as a teacher and his wife worked at Dunkin’ Donuts.

His Wife’s Reaction To Selling Carrie

Stephen and his wife were living in a trailer with their small children at the time.

When he told her how much the advance on the book was – $400,000 – her reaction is perfect. <—– I won’t spoil it for you here. Watch the video below to get the full effect.

King and Grisham have obviously been friends for a number of years. They’re very comfortable with each other. This video offers their amazing experiences together as friends and as authors.