You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.
When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
You don't need to have kids to write a good book for kids. I don't want my kids to see themselves in my books. Their lives should be their lives.
A good book written for children can be read by adults.
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.