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Writing for children – especially reluctant readers
Blog about reluctant readers written for Reading Zone, 2015
As any writer will tell you, writing for young readers is much harder than it looks.
Half the skill lies in self-control; when you write for adults your tools include a vast vocabulary, a range of literary devices and, if you so choose, complex sentences littered with idiom, punctuation and implication.
For youngsters, you must limit the number of ‘tricky’ words and learn to say everything you want to say without boring your reader, or leaving them utterly confused.
That is one reason why illustrated books such as Dork Diaries and Wimpy Kids are so popular with reluctant and struggling readers; they can enjoy the flow of a story using visual clues to carry them along, providing a ‘scaffold’ for the more challenging lexical semantics.
Graphic novels, comic strips, manga and anime books take this concept further.
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