Writing Books For Children

March 19th, 2010 by craigkant

As a children’s book author, you only have to worry about the writing and can leave illustration concerns to others. This doesn’t mean that you will have no influence on the artwork, as you probably will. The publisher will most likely request that you work with the illustrator and impart your vision to him. After this, however, the artist will normally go off on his own to complete the artwork. By the way, you should also know that the illustrator will receive royalties as well as you.

As an author interested in writing childrens books, you have to think about all components of the book – even the ones that you will not directly be involved in, such as illustration, binding, and so on. This is because, ultimately, it’s your vision that is being put on the pages. Even though other creators will be involved in writing the book, they are taking their lead from the words that you put on paper.

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