by Laura Backes, Children’s Book Insider, http://cbiclubhouse.com Previously in the pages of CBI I have often written about the basic structure for children’s fiction: a character encounters an obstacle or conflict of some kind, and then resolves it through his or her own purposeful action. This makes up the events of the story, or the…
Month: August 2014
Great Fiction Comes From Writing Lightly
by Laura Backes, Children’s Book Insider, http://cbiclubhouse.com Great fiction appears effortless to the reader. The characters and setting are so real, the story so believable, that the reader is completely unaware of the author behind the words. The smoothness of the text belies the hours of hard work and practice that went into its creation….