Tag: Seuss

• The Red Pen: Meter Matters!

  

  Children’s books are deceptively easy. On the surface, the formula seems tried (or is it trite?) and true: a lovable character, a plot thinner than a fruit roll-up, a handful of sing-song nonsense words and a rhyming dictionary are all you need, right? If only! Let’s face it—if writing good kid lit really was that…

  Merry Gordon

  December 31, 2018

  The Red Pen: Five-Minute Easy Edits

  Children’s Books, Children’s Literature, editing, foot, meter, picture books, poetry, Seuss, syllables, writing