Help My Kids Want To Write!

Kids & Writing with Felice Gerwitz

Have you said, "Help my kids want to write?" It happened to me when my daughter was twelve. She watched me, her mom start not one, two or three books, but I had published about six by the time she caught the author bug.

After setting the example and becoming a published author, my daughter said, "Mom -- I know I'm a kid but I want to write and get published, too!" Okay! Let's get right on that.

Kids Want To Write?

Well, as it turned out I did - and Christina and I published a series of novels she and I co-authored. In this episode, I discuss how we wrote the book, the ideas (brainstorming) and the eight pages of only dialogue. Eek! Who was I going to blame, her teacher?

Points we will cover in this podcast:

* Give your children tools to succeed.

* Resources

* Additional tools to help children with the task encouraging success writers

Parents getting overwhelmed by grammatical errors, spelling, etc. What defines success -- this is covered in this podcast.

* Have they accomplished writing a book? Or a short story?

* What makes a best seller? It is subjective

* Do you have to sell a specific number of books to be successful?

Writing the novels is the most fun we've had together. It not only created wonderful memories but it helped Christina to hone her writing skills. Christina and I wrote the Truth Seeker's Mystery Series. The books in the series are

Whether you have one child or multiple children who want to write, you can use

Connect with me if you have any questions! Felice Gerwitz and Christina (Gerwitz) Moss wrote and published the Truth Seekers Mystery Series. Visit the website for special offers! You can get all the novels and studies guides in digital format on the Media Angels Membership website -- check it out!