Writing For Children Is Murder. A Chapter

It Has Often Been Said There’s So Much To Be Read, You Never Can Cram All Those Words In Your Head. So The Writer Who Breeds More Words Than He Needs Is Making A Chore For The Reader Who Reads. That's Why My Belief Is The Briefer The Brief Is, The Greater The Sigh Of The Reader's Relief Is. And That's Why Your Books Have Such Power And Strength. You Publish With Shorth! (shorth Is Better Than Length.)

Unless Someone Like You Cares A Whole Awful Lot, Nothing Is Going To Get Better. It's Not.

Waiting For The Fish To Bite Or Waiting For Wind To Fly A Kite. Or Waiting Around For Friday Night Or Waiting Perhaps For Their Uncle Jake Or A Pot To Boil Or A Better Break Or A String Of Pearls Or A Pair Of Pants Or A Wig With Curls Or Another Chance. Everyone Is Just Waiting.

Oh, The Places You'll Go! There Is Fun To Be Done! There Are Points To Be Scored. There Are Games To Be Won. And The Magical Things You Can Do With That Ball Will Make You The Winning-est Winner Of All. Fame! You'll Be As Famous As Famous Can Be, With The Whole Wide World Watching You Win On Tv. Except When They Don't Because, Sometimes They Won't. I'm Afraid That Some Times You'll Play Lonely Games Too. Games You Can't Win 'cause You'll Play Against You.

Day Play We Play All Day. Night Fight We Fight All Night.