
Discover the secrets successful authors use to write bestselling children’s stories!
Achieve Your Dreams
How to Write Children’s Stories
Why? Most, burdened by family and work commitments, simply don’t have the time and energy left to write. Others carry wonderful ideas around in their head, yet have no clue how to turn them into words that children would want to read.
If this is you, then we understand exactly how you feel. There’s nothing more frustrating than having a good idea for a children’s story, yet not being able to get started.
Tired, frustrated and disheartened, you end up feeling like a failure because you can’t seem to find the time, energy or inspiration to write. And when you do, the words never seem to turn out the way you wanted them to.
If you’ve always wanted to write a children’s story but have struggled to get started…
…here’s hope!
Share the secrets
Practical, In-Depth Course
Until now, the only ways to learn the ‘secrets’ of writing children’s stories was to attend expensive classes, hire a writing coach to guide you, or piece together scraps of information from across the internet.
The big problem with these methods is they can be incredibly expensive, hugely time intensive, and completely overwhelming.
For a beginner children’s writer, it just isn’t worth the risk.
These problems made us appreciate the need for a practical, in-depth course that anyone could follow in their own time and at their own pace.
We persuaded some of the world’s top children’s authors and editors to share their secrets and work closely with us to create a superb step-by-step course packed with expert guidance for all those would-be writers.
People just like you…
The Result? The Write Storybooks for Children online course, which gives you all the guidance and intensive, in-depth help you need to write children’s books – even if you haven’t written a thing since high school.
Discover How To…
Develop An Idea
Choose An Age Group
Structure A Storyline
Create A Plot
Construct Dialogue
Decide Upon A Style
Find A Good Illustrator
Avoid Mistakes That Annoy Editors
Be Noticed By Publishers
Thorough Guidance
Discover How To…
Artistic & Practical
Capture Children’s Hearts
You’ll learn the little knacks of shaping or pacing a story, the effective adjectives that make a character leap off the page and into children’s hearts and imaginations, the little-known approaches that make the difference between a publisher tossing your story on the reject pile or reading your work straight away and so much more.
This advice is artistic and creative. Yet it also offers you shrewd practical help on how to write in a way that will appeal to children and publishing editors alike, how to market your work to publishers and how to write in a disciplined, thoroughly professional way.
In this packed 18-module online writing for children course, authors, editors and publishers alike pass their secrets on to you.
Insightful learning
Secrets Such As…
Getting Started
Vital facts
Bring your characters to life
Age groups
Manuscript masterclass
Work like a professional
Publishing mistakes
Dealing with publishers
Common traps
Genre secrets
Secrets of the bestsellers
Naming your characters
Story ideas
Effective negotiation tips
Pen names
Illustrators and designers
TV, theatre and film
Digital publishing
And so much more!
Cutting-Edge Content
Master Your Craft
Like anything else, you must learn your craft first.
And that’s why we’ve created this course in such a readable, easy, vibrant style with nothing academic or dry about it.
Creative Content
Each Module Is Full of…
Imaginative
Vivid
Lively
Exquisite
Beat The Burden
Pressure-Free Learning
Through this course you’ll be privy to the routines, rituals and productivity techniques successful children’s authors use to beat procrastination, transform their energy and write book after book – despite the burden of family commitments and full-time jobs.
You will get valuable insights into their lives, as they share their closely-guarded methods, daily structures and unique approaches to their work while communicating their enthusiasm and love of writing.
During these 18 carefully and lovingly crafted modules we will help and inspire you to start writing from the very first page. You will discover how to create the time, energy and space amongst the frenetic activity and pressures of everyday life to finally write that book you’ve been thinking about.
Join the Growing Legion of Credible Children’s Authors…
…It’s Your Turn!
Unleash Your Natural Creativity
Create Something Special
As you progress you will begin to live out the excitement you knew as a child at the magic phrases, “Once upon a time,” and “Let me tell you a story.” Fire-breathing dragons, misunderstood teenagers, spirited princesses, haunted houses, talking animals – as a children’s author you’ll have the enviable pleasure of bringing them all to life while spending your time inventing.
By the end of this course, you will possess the knowledge and skills you need to create something special, worthwhile and lasting. Perhaps, like our some of our writers, you’ll go on to create a great legacy by writing lasting classics that will be read around the world and loved for generations.
Above all, you will gain an unmatched sense of personal achievement and pride through creating stories that put smiles on the faces of the children in your life.
Starting is simple
All You Need Is…
Any Device
Suitable for all
Ambition
Extraordinary Detail
Live Happily Ever After!
‘Write Storybooks For Children’ is the world’s most popular writing for children course now trusted by over 140,000 people of all ages, nationalities, and abilities. Most of our students had no prior training, qualifications or knowledge in writing stories for children before taking this course.
With the in-depth, imaginative and engaging guidance of this course combined with the world-class development team behind it, you could be the next best-selling children’s author… and live happily ever after!
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18 World-Class Course Modules
Introduction to Writing Children’s Stories
Age Groups & Story Types
Choosing & Developing Your Setting
Developing Credible Characters
Writing Dialogue
Plotting, Storyline & Theme
Writing Picture Books for Children
Writing for Seven to Twelve Year Olds
Writing Young Adult Fiction
Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction for Children
Writing Non-Fiction for Children
Writing Drama and Screenplays for Children
Writing Secrets of Successful Children’s Authors
Insider’s Guide to Getting Published
Introduction to Self-Publishing
Module Overview
- The hybrid author
- Why become a hybrid author
- From one-man publisher to mainstream
- Your choices
- Getting published quickly
- The personal family book
- How a hybrid author self-publishes
- Creating a blockbuster book title
- The good and the bad
- Titles for the Early Years (pre-school)
- Sounds of words
- Titles for 5 – 7 years (first time read-alone)
- The tool of the trade
- Comfort and rhythm words
- Juxtaposition
- Slightly naughty words
- Titles for 7+ or 8-11 years
- The middle reader age group
- Making the genre evident
- The tone
- The top mistake to avoid
- A winning method for writing a title
- More sophisticated readers
- Titles for 12 years and teen reads
- Titles for young adults 14+
- Creating a blockbuster non-fiction title
- Self-assessment test
- Much more!
Sample Screenshots
Cover Design & Working with Illustrators
Module Overview
- Creating a blockbuster book cover
- A trick for designing a blockbuster book cover
- Cover designs for digital printing
- Short run book production
- Book cover design of fiction for the Early Years
- Book cover design of fiction for 5+ and 7+
- Book cover design of fiction for 8 – 11 years
- Book cover design of fiction for 11+ and young teens
- Book cover design of fiction for young adults 14+
- Book cover design of non-fiction titles
- A keen eye
- A good exercise
- Working with an illustrator
- Self-assessment test
- Much more!
Sample Screenshots
Digital Printing & e-book Essentials
Module Overview
- The hybrid author and on-the-target marketing
- The Inside Story
- The ISBN question in the new world of publishing
- Who is the publisher?
- A global look at ISBN’s
- Technical info
- Creating blockbuster interiors
- Special story design for children’s books
- Your book is complete
- Print on demand
- The exciting world of eBooks
- Publishing to Kindle
- Publishing to other devices
- How to create PDF files for printing and downloading
- Self-assessment test
- Much more!
Sample Screenshots
Effective Self-Marketing
Module Overview
- Marketing children’s books for worldwide sales
- Building a reader fan base
- Your blog
- Making it easy-peasy
- How to add personality
- Powerful links
- A strong hook can sell your book
- Extra tips for the adventurous
- Audio books
- Video books
- YouTube
- Making a video or book trailer
- YouTube and extra income
- Post Script
- Final self-assessment test
- Much more!
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Become a Certified Children’s Writer
The world of children’s fiction is your oyster with the training, confidence and a CPD Certified ‘Write Storybooks For Children’ certification behind you!

Become a Certified Children’s Writer
The world of children’s fiction is your oyster with the training, confidence and a CPD Certified ‘Write Storybooks For Children’ certification behind you!

Pursue your passion, attract clients, enhance job prospects, advance your career.

Write Storybooks For Children is a trusted training provider of schools, colleges and academic institutes worldwide.
By taking this course you gain a genuine certification and the peace-of-mind assurance that the training you are receiving has met strict external quality criteria.
Passing the ‘Write Storybooks for Children’ course is an achievement that not only gives you a huge sense of personal pride, but one that can also offer career advantages.
Many of our students have successfully used their certificates to standout at interviews, earn promotion and attract clients.
Showcase your expertise and credentials
On completion of this comprehensive children’s story writing course you will be awarded with a professionally designed, CPD Certified Certificate of Achievement – printed with your name, grade, passing date and a list of all training modules completed.
Showcase your expertise and credentials
On completion of this comprehensive children’s story writing course you will be awarded with a professionally designed, CPD Certified Certificate of Achievement – printed with your name, grade, passing date and a list of all training modules completed.


The CPD Certification Service provides independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD standards.
As an Accredited Training Provider, you have the assurance that our company and staff have undergone rigorous quality assurance inspections.

As a respected certification provider you’ll also be able to add your certificate to your LinkedIn profile with one-click, right from your course account.
You’ll gain instant industry recognition and visibility.
Testimonials
Our Student Success Stories
Below, you can read a small selection of comments, testimonials and reviews that our students have written about this course (verified by TrustPilot™ and ReviewTrust™). Please also take a moment to read some independent reviews here and here, along with these Student Success Stories.




There is no way I would have made it this far without the industry knowledge and writing tips I learned in the ‘Write Storybooks for Children’ course.
I am so grateful for this experience!”


I am really enjoying the course so far. It is well set-out and easy to work through, each module giving good examples and explanations, laced with some humour. I am feeling inspired to attempt writing but have learned that planning is key.
I am a comlete beginner in story writing for children. This purchase has been so very helpful. I am working my way through the modules and learning such a lot about what to do and what NOT to do which I have found invaluable. My writing style has changed enormously snce starting the course, for the better, I am told by my colleagues in my local creative writing group. I recently came first in a Writing for Chidren story about ‘Night Time” run by East Anglian Festival of Culture 2017 Onwards and upwards!
Frequently Asked
About The Course
Do I need to attend any classes?
Do I need any computer or technical skills?
Are there any age restrictions for registering?
Can you tell me who created this course?
Do I need any writing experience or qualifications?
How long do I get access to the course for?
Are any books or manuals sent to me?
You can combine achieving professional standard training along with a qualification, in and around your job and family commitments. It is this level of flexibility that makes our e-learning course the ideal choice for most people. All you need is a computer or hand-held device with internet access to take this course.
Will this course be relevant to my country?
The information, principles, techniques and strategies taught within this course are universal and therefore completely relevant to aspiring and published authors worldwide. Currently, we have students taking the course in more than 50 countries.
Frequently Asked
The Modules
What are the specific modules I will study?
Do I have to take any tests during the course?
Each test has a minimum passing score which you must achieve before you can move onto the next module in the course. You can take each module test as many times as you like until you pass, at which point your passing results are recorded in our national database and contribute towards your final score. Our testing system assesses your answers and calculates your score instantly.
This means no more waiting days or weeks for an assessor to mark your results and get back to you, like other more outmoded courses.
How am I graded?
There are no time-limits for completing individual modules and no time limits for taking the tests. However, once you decide to start a test it must be completed in one go. You cannot stop a test midway through and return to it later, like you can with the course content. You can view your course history and your current overall grade at anytime during the course.
We’re positive you’ll find it a delightful, relaxing and effective way of learning.
What is LearnLock™ Technology?
Using a proprietary blend of expertly crafted content, stimulating imagery, subtle animation, color psychology, smart interactions, lively simulations, fun gamification, and practical quizzes, LearnLock™ Technology enables a typical learner to effortlessly absorb the course material incomparably quicker and easier than 98% of conventional online courses, which use basic text or video alone.
The result is not only a significantly more immersive, engaging and enjoyable learning experience but vastly enhanced retention and recall of key knowledge and skills.
Can I view the course on my Smart Phone or tablet device?
Frequently Asked
Certification
Can you tell me more about the certificate I will receive?
You will receive a self-printable PDF version of your certificate which you can download immediately on completing the final module of the course. A high quality, professionally printed edition is available on request.
What are your company's credentials?
WriteStorybooksForChildren.com has also been awarded exemplary accreditation by CPD (Continuing Professional Development). The CPD Certification Service provides a formal, independent certification of organizations, materials and development activities. These certificates are commonly sought out by teachers, doctors and other professionals to further their career and credentials.
We are also a trusted training partner of schools, colleges and training institutes worldwide.