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on a blank wall.By the time the child is walking and talking, it knows that everything it does has a certain risk factor attached to it.When attempting something new, it runs a 50/50 chance of either being praised or getting into trouble.There will be many significant incidents in your childhood that you have carried with you into your adult life.Try to remember exactly how you felt when they happened, what emotions you experienced and how long it took you to get over them.It is surprising just how much stays with us into adulthood, especially if we have been at the receiving end of particularly spiteful or thoughtless behaviour.Being small and powerlessThe one emotion that is shared by all children is the feeling of powerlessness in the face of adult supremacy.Adults can come and go as they please, buy what they like, eat what they like, do and say what they like and more importantly, they are big and powerful.A child, on the other hand, is small and powerless, subject to the whims and wishes of pretty well anyone bigger than themselves.Relating to the right age groupBefore you attempt to write stories for children, decide which age group you relate to best.Children are as varied in their tastes and interests as adults but whilst there is no limit on the themes you can explore, vocabulary and style is a very different matter.If you can, offer your services to the local school as a volunteer helper and read stories to the children.How soon do they begin to fidget?Which stories hold their attention and which do they find boring?What type of story
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