- You want to Write a Memorable Story?
- An adorable story.
- Still, a deep story.
- A Story for future Storytellers.
- How do you write Stories for Children?
- By Writing mainly them for Children, but not exclusively.
Summary – How to Write stories for Children?
- Design your Story as a Home.
- Write Short & Simple Scenes.
- Tailor Scenes according to the Character’s Interests.
- Link the Characters to the Story.
- Offer them Exciting moments.
- Allow them to Explore.
- Let them return Home.
- Your Goal here is simple:
- Writing memorable Stories.
- Stories people will want to share.
- In this specific case, between ages.
- Stories people will want to transmit.
- More than anywhere else, you’re building Legacies.
How to Write Comforting Stories?
- Belonging
- The Public wants an Experience.
- To immerse themselves in this Experience they need Familiarity.
- Familiarity is created through Context.
- As you display elements of a due Genre, Framed in a due way, you create a Context.
- In order to Create Belonging the simplest way is to go through a Saga.
- When you create a Series of Stories, you allow the Public to meet the Characters regularly.
- The repetition induces the Familiarity.
- Creating Characters the Public identifies to then adds the sense of Belonging.
- Home
- What is Home?
- Home is a place you want to return to.
- Whereas a house is a place you can live in.
- A Home is a place you want to live in.
- To make your Story a Home make it Comfortable.
- To make it Comfortable, let the Characters Customize it.
- Include elements which they are Attached to.
- Let them create a Comfortable place.
- A Place the Characters can Return to.
- And Ponder on their Experiences.
- Adventure
- Adventure is Excitement.
- Adventures push people.
- Conveying Enthusiasm.
- And eventually leading to Confusion.
- In Large extents of the World, you’ll end up lost.
- At some point, you’ll need to rest.
- Rest from Exhausting experiences…
- Where will you return to?
If you want to know more about designing a House.
Rhythm & Focus
- Attention
- Characters are Focus when they have an Interest in the situation.
- This could be a Need.
- Or a Want.
- Surprises are an easy way yo focus Characters.
- Install a sense of Danger.
- A Shocking element.
- And then resolve the Issue by delivering a synergic Conclusion.
- Create a Synergy between the Issue & the mean of Resolution.
- Make use of Identity
- Tap into the Characters Individual Stories to Rhythm the main Story.
- Make use of their Goals.
- Allow they to display their Passions through small stories.
- It creates Interest & Continuity.
- Each time the Characters arrive to a new Location, this should be justified through their Interests.
- Every time they receive or that they look for an Item, it should respond to a need or a want.
- Remember to Balance long term & short term.
- Short stories
- Write Short & Simple stories.
- Use Short phrases.
- Use Simple phrases.
- Shorten your sentences to make them more memorable.
- Create Easy to follow, likeable characters.
- Characters whose stories may be expanded.
If you want to know how to write effective stories.
How to Write Adorable Stories?
- Small & Round & Good
- You want to make a Little, Round world.
- Round in the Colors.
- Round in the Sounds.
- A little world with Contrasted Atmospheres.
- You want to use Clear, simple Shapes & Forms.
- Whichever Characters, Environments or Objects you’re designing, think silhouette.
- All elements need to be recognizable thorough their silhouette.
- That’s as true for graphical elements as it is for words.
- Children’s Behavior & Roleplay
- Characters are Playing Roles.
- Make use of this Structure.
- Roleplay is the way to display & identify Behaviors.
- Characters want to Succeed.
- Characters are Impatient.
- They want to succeed fast.
- They want to reach their Ideal State fast.
- They want to grow faster.
- Becoming adults fast can be treated in 2 main ways:
- The Impatience of becoming a Grown-up
- Becoming an Adult too fast
- Children will be emulating those they identify as adults.
- Even the detrimental traits & Behaviors.
- They look for visible models.
- Clear models that they identify as desirable.
- Growth is an Adventure.
- And Adventures are Confusing.
- Give your Characters clear models of what is Ideal.
- Adorable Relationships
- Your Characters will be fostering relationships.
- They will be taking care of each other.
- They will be fighting each other.
- Make the conflicts Adorable.
- You can also make them look Ridiculous.
- Focus on the Mundane of the Conflicts.
- Make these Conflicts as Relatable as possible.
- And then make the reconciliation Inevitable.
- Characters push each other toward the Story’s End.
- The biggest ones will be looking for the smallest ones.
- They thrive for mutual evolution.
- An essential part of this evolution is accepting weaknesses.
- As well as understanding the balance between Fear & Attachment.
If you want to know convey Character effectively.
How to Write Softening Stories?
- Softening?
- Is there a wish to be a child again?
- This Nostalgia…
- Where can it lead your Stories?
- Accepting weaknesses is an essential step to mature.
- However, it seems that Children accept weaknesses more easily.
- That is, if they aren’t taught the contrary.
- A Child’s Tale is the best place to let the Public soften.
- Just explore.
- And let go of anger.
- The best children stories are for future Adults
- Being Accepted.
- Bearing & managing painful emotions.
- Wherever it is Fear or Sadness.
- Loss is an Essential Topic you will want to introduce in these Stories.
- Children’s tales are Comforting tales.
- There may be no better place to teach how to manage Grief.
- Educative stories?
- Display your Ideal World.
- Show.
- What do you want to share with the Characters?
- What do you want to share with the Public?
- What would be of interest for them?
- Display growth.
- Display change.
- Display the possible reactions to Change.
- Frustration in only a possibility.
- Depict Impermanence.
- Write Characters which aren’t afraid to look Weak.
- Characters which are asking for help.
- As a Storyteller, through these Stories…
- How can you be of Service?
If you want to know more about becoming a Sympathetic Storyteller.