Proofreading Children's Books

WordsRU offer professional editing and proofreading of children's books by our team of highly qualified and experienced editors.

WordsRU - Proofreading Children's Books

 

 


“'What is the use of a book?” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”
Alice in Wonderland
- Lewis Carroll

 

It has been noticed that writing children’s fiction shares some of the features of writing poetry — the need for precisely the right words, and the paring down of the story to its essentials. Indeed, it can take many revisions to reduce the words to the few that will give a work of children’s fiction the desired simplicity, insight and brevity for a successful story. Many of WordsRU’s professional editors are writers and several have written and published their own children’s stories. They understand that it may take a while to find your own voice, but the key is in opening the door to your own experiences as a child, then recreating them in a new way for your youthful audience.

 

 

WordsRU’s online book editors and proofreaders for children's fiction manuscripts recognize how important it is that having found your voice, for it to be retained in your writing.  Our editors take great care to preserve your writing style and your concept for the work. They will do a grammar check of your children’s story and look at spelling, tense, punctuation and typographical errors as well as word choice and syntax. They will also check your work for overall flow and readability.

 

Our professional, experienced proofreaders know that a children’s book will often work for a very much wider age group than the author may originally have had in mind – the really special one often work for all age groups. WordsRU’s children’s book editors know that these stories will be read out loud; they understand the importance of rhythm and the sound of the words, and that children will relate to stories that have a properly developed plot and believable characters who don’t talk down to them.

 

Here are some tips on writing children's fiction from WordsRU’s professional editors and proofreaders - the sorts of things they look for when proofreading children's books:

 

  • Grab their attention right from the very beginning.

  • Make titles snappy and not too long.

  • Use words that paint a picture in their minds.

  • Enliven the work with active verbs.

  • Use catchy sounds by playing with rhyme and alliteration.

  • Show the personalities of your characters by what they do, not by talking about it.

  • Use illustrations with stories for young children to help them picture the action.

  • Avoid long descriptive passages.

  • Develop a sound plot, and don’t talk down to children.

  • Give your characters plenty of dialogue – children love lots of dialogue!

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WordsRU will ensure that your children's book is proofread to attract the highest possible quality outcomes.

 

 


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