http://literature4kids.com Collaborative Resource Blog For Writers Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:51:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a quick way to generate story ideas. Every sentence has a noun and a verb, so these can be basic building blocks for generating story ideas. 1. Start by writing a list of ten nouns. Next write a list of ten verbs. Nouns: cup clock element blanket juniper fireplace candy cane headphones guitar child Verbs: run mow chop coddle generate drink carry start close lie I'm not going to do the entire exercise ... http://literature4kids.com/2007/10/07/how-to-generate-story-ideas/ This blog will be a collaborative adventure for writers and illustrators of children's literature. Here we can post short articles to help one another learn more about creating literature for children. The blog will be open to all children's writers and illustrators who want to contribute. http://literature4kids.com/2007/10/05/a-new-project/ To become a contributing writer for Literature For Kids, register here. When you’re done registering, send an email to linda - at - literature4kids.com to introduce yourself. This step is necessary to keep spammers away from our blog. In your email, let me know where you heard about this project. Please read ... http://literature4kids.com/2007/10/04/writers-guidelines/ Literature For Kids will help you find and/or form a critique group. Each group will have no more than ten members. If you want to be part of a critique group, leave a message here with information about what types of children's literature you write. As people are assigned to ... http://literature4kids.com/2007/10/03/critique-groups/