Writing Children’s Books: How Magical Stories Come to Life

Henry L. Herz
5 min readFeb 15, 2021

How do you win a marathon? You run really fast for 26.2 miles without stopping.

Like winning a marathon, writing is easy to describe, but hard to execute.

Writing a good book is a magical art that blends creating interesting characters, placing them in intriguing settings, and weaving an engaging plot with page-turning action and authentic dialogue. Easy, right? Not so much.

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Henry L. Herz

Henry Herz authored 11 traditionally published children’s books, 8 children’s and over 20 adult short stories. He’s edited three anthologies. www.henryherz.com