#childrens characters

[blenchymcbovril]

Drawings from another session of story making. Here we have 2 settings and one character, “Father Big Shack” 

There’s not really much more to be said!

[akaiuragiri]

BEHOLD MY ADORABLE CREATIONS!

Bear girl,

ladybug boy

and bumble girl

[jacobstead-blog]

'The Owl & the Pussycat' for the Story Museum poetry book - A great project for the Story Museum charity which will take the form of a book of poetry based on children's literary characters and written by members of the 26 writers collective.

A bit about the Story Museum The Story Museum is a charity that works to enrich young lives through story and storytelling. It runs educational programmes in schools and communities, including some of the most disadvantaged. More on their site here:http://www.storymuseum.org.uk A bit about 26 26 is a writers’ collective here to inspire a greater love of words. It started in 2002 with eight people, and now includes hundreds of members, many of whom write for a living as copywriters, novelists, editors, designers and publishers. Over the years, 26 has done projects with the British Library, ISTD and the V&A amongst others. More here: http://www.26.org.uk/

[aida-caroti]

alazywriterthinks asked: I was wondering if you know any resources for how to write children characters.

We get this ask a lot so here are some links to what I've answered before.

Here

Here

The first link has lots of links to help develop children's characters. 

-S

[aida-caroti]

This is for the anon with the idea of a little boy getting involved in weapons trafficking. A child is perfectly capable of learning how to fire weapons, I know of seven year olds who learned how to shoot in a controlled environment, so a six year old would as well. The only question I have, is how was the boy brought up? Was he taught that life is sacred and to have respect? Or was he brought up in a house with disregard for life? Because that will affect how he responds to this new environment

Good point! 

[aida-caroti]

Hey. I know this seems a little stupid, but I'm really bad with ages, so what would a six years old boy mentally look like? Long story REALLY short, my char became an orphan and got into weapon trafficking, and I need to know if he could already learn how to manage a gun... (Sorry if there are grammar mistakes; English is not my mother language!)

I'm a bit confused to whether you mean what they would look like (height) or how mentally able they would be.

I have said this before and I will say it again DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE CHILDREN. They could learn how to use a gun if taught- in fact they'd find it easier to learn than we would. The childs understanding of what a gun does and the fact it kills may be slightly different to our perception because of how children think. It also depends how big the gun is and how heavy it is- you'd have to look this up. 

-S