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Learn to Write Conflict in Children's Books

By Lisa Brunel

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If you want to learn to write children's books, you should definitely start by reading some of them, and you will find that after you have read a few, there are a few things that snap into focus. The first thing that you will likely notice is that all of these books have a conflict that is resolved at the end, and after you have created a good character and a good setting, you are going to need a conflict or a difficulty that he or she needs to overcome. The conflict gives your character something to do, and something to fight for; essentially it gets the story off to a good start.

Remember that particularly if you are writing children's books, you do not need the conflict to be very large or very earthshaking. However, just because the conflict does not seem large or upsetting for you as the writer does not mean that it can be the same for the character! Your character needs to be invested in the conflict, and they need to be committed to resolving it. Whether your character's conflict is defeating the monster under the bed or just wondering where the missing sock went, you'll find that he or she needs to be invested in solving it. If you can make your character care about the issue, you can likely make the audience care as well.

In some ways, children's books have the same requirements as adult books. Think about reading a story where the protagonist goes to the store to pick up some milk; unless something interesting was happening or unless something was being resolved, it would make for a dull read. A children's book where everyone goes to the zoo and looks at the animals might work for very young children who just want to look at the animals might work, but older children will swiftly want a story where "something happens," and if you want to learn to write, this is something that you need to provide.

That being said, come up with a problem for your characters to solve. It can be a large struggle or it can be a small one. Think about what your character wants and think about what he or she would do if that were taken away from them. Part of how you learn to write is going to be answering questions like this. Knowing your characters and what they want is extremely important, and you will find that once you give them a problem to solve, you have your story right there!

If you are interested in learning to write, remember that your conflict is going to be an important part of how you move forward. Remember that if you want to write children's books, conflict is going to be an important part of how you move ahead and what your needs are and you should learn to write conflict well. Take some time to identify conflict in other people's children's books and to make sure that you understand how it works in yours.

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