Children's Book Magic - Write A Children's Book You'll Love in 40 Days
Children's Book Magic - Write A Children's Book You'll Love in 40 Days
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Spark Magic: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Multicultural Children's Books
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Are You Ready To Write Your Children's Book?
It's time to tell your story
For a lot of people, the idea of writing a children’s book is a fantasy. The hopes, goals, and dreams they have to become a writer become distant memories. Several years ago I realized I was one of these people.
That changed the day I was shopping for some muliticultural children’s books for my niece’s 5th birthday. I went to 4 downtown bookstores and not one of them had a book with a child of color. I was really shocked by this. I decided standing in the children’s section at Barnes & Noble that I had to be part of the solution. Through a process of training, classes, trial and error, and incredible coaching, I unlocked the inner writer that I knew was inside, but never knew how to access.
Do you want to write a children’s book about your family, community or culture? Yes, you do. You have a children’s story to tell, life lessons to teach and a funny story from your childhood to share. The only thing standing in your way is a system and the confidence to write that first picture book.
Or maybe you’ve written a story but that manuscript is stuck in a drawer or languishing in a folder on your computer because you don’t know how to self-publish it.
Even if you’re brand new and haven’t gotten ONE word written for that story idea you’ve dreamed about, don’t worry! The best way to start is by getting some coaching.
• Have you ever struggled trying to choose the best story idea?
• Or don’t have a clue how to begin to write a story?
• And the most common one I often hear is, "I always wanted to write a children’s book?"
Doesn’t it suck to be afraid to go for your dream?
Or Even worse, to lack the confidence to let your creativity flow.
And doesn’t it feel just downright awful to think, who would buy a book I wrote?
Trust me, I have been there. Struggling to get words on the page and trying to find the real focus of my story. So I started investing in myself and my books. I studied the craft of writing and took classes with a writing coach.
Spark the Magic - Write Your Story
Introducing Children’s Book Magic. My five step formula that will help you write a story you love. This is a six-week live course. We meet once a week in the live class where we address a different topics that moves your writing forward towards completing a story for children ages 3 to 8 years old by the end of 40 days. Additionally, there will be a Wednesday evening Group Huddle coaching session. Where you can bring your questions and concerns and get answers. Plus you’ll give or receive peer feedback from others writers in the class. You will also get a one-on-one coaching session with me to help you get clarity on your story idea. By the end of the class you will have a completed story book and be on your way to becoming a children’s book author. In this course you’ll learn:
- Find Your Best Idea - You’ll learn 4 ways to find your best idea and key questions to ask yourself before you begin.
- Your Character and Mission - You’ll get to know your main character and their mission. And, you'll establish what your story is about.
- Outline Your Story - You’ll learn to use the power of 3 to quickly outline your story.
- The Beats of Your Story - Write your first draft. Your beat sheet is the roadmap for your story structure.
- Rhythm of Prose - Learn to use repetition, alliteration and playful words to make your story fun.
- There is magic in creating a story a child will love.
- There is magic in transforming your idea into a story.
- There is magic in learning the craft of writing.
- There is magic in knowing how to confidently publish your story.
- And that most magical moment of all is when your hold your finished book in your hands.
Our Children Need You
Did you know that only 6% of children’s books feature a child of color? Yet almost 50% of children ages 5 to 9 in the United States are multicultural. The need for writers of diverse books is tremendous. In fact, the hashtag #weneeddiversebooks has been around for several years, but almost nothing has changed.
Well, guess what? Let’s start a new movement: We Write Diverse Books! It’s a movement to write and publish stories that inspire a love of reading in our children. We can do something about this. We can create greater diversity in children’s books. You can make a difference.
And if large publishing houses are not interested in publishing our stories, then we as a community, should band together and create the change we want to see. We, the community, must write and publish these books. We must tell our stories and share our culture.
That’s why I started KaZoom Kids Books. To publish stories from diverse authors and illustrators. And, to help them launch their careers in the children’s book industry.
I have written several books and have also developed the Spark Magic Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Multicultural Children’s Books to make getting starter easier.
I have taken numerous writing classes. Some were fantastic and some were a waste of my money. I have taken the best of the best of what I’ve learned to share with you in my step-by-step Children’s Book Magic program on how to write a children’s book you can be proud of in 40 days.
I have read and studied over 50 books on the craft of writing, publishing and marketing books.
I’ve read and analyzed hundreds of children’s books dissecting what makes a book great and will share with you the secrets I’ve discovered.
I have walked in your shoes, struggling to make a story work. I’ve written a ton of stories that fizzled out until I cracked the code and created a process to make it easier.
Now, I am on a mission to help writers just like you tell their story!
Now imagine that you not only knew your story idea, but you were making it happen. You were motivated, each and every day, to make progress toward your goals, no matter what stood in your way. Imagine sharing your children’s book with family, friends and community. With a coach, with a plan, it’s all possible.
Get Clarity
Create a clear and exciting vision of the story you’re going to write.
Make Connections
Connect your story to your family, community or culture.
Write Your Story
Learn the skills to achieve your writing goals.
Are You Ready to Take the First Step?
You have a story to tell.
Within you is a story that inspires, a message that matters, and when you find it, you will have all the confidence you need to find the magic inside of yourself to write a story you’ll love.
At this point, you can follow one of two paths. First, you can move on without clicking the button below and continue doing what you’ve always done. And, chances are, you’ll continue getting what you’ve always gotten. You can continue to struggle with your goals and dreams of writing a children’s book.
Or you can choose the second path.
You can choose to do something different, to stop trying to figure this out all by yourself and instead follow the lead of someone who has already figured out how to achieve the very things you want so badly. Our children deserve to read your story. You can do this. And I can help guide you every step of the way.
The power of storytelling is calling, singing its song to you and as you. If you’re ready to write your children’s picture book, I invite you to choose the second path, click the button below, and take the first step towards becoming a published author.
Questions? Click here to contact us.
Donna Beasley
Multicultural Writing and Self-Publishing Coach
After discovering the need for diversity in children’s books, Donna decided to become an expert in the one area that matter more to her than anything else; helping mothers tell their story and share their culture in a children’s book. She earned a master’s degree in Writing For Children at Vermont College of Norwick University and began writing stories that reflected her culture. Now, she’s on a mission to help mothers and grandmothers discover their passion for storytelling and achieve their goal of becoming a published author.