The 7 Deadly Sins of Writing Children's Books

New and emerging writers often make the same mistakes over and over. It's because they don't fully understand the principles of real storytelling.

We weren't taught much in high school that would make us great storytellers, but one thing was (almost) right.

The story outline. *Gasp!*

The outline I mean looks like this; Introduction --> Rising Action --> Climactic Event --> Falling Action --> Resolution

This outline is actually based on ancient storytelling principles and human psychology. It's ...