Lou and David Sears

I’ve been thinking about what it takes to be a great children’s author.  Kid’s love funny books so I think it’s important to have a sense of humor.  What kid doesn’t like to read “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” or “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.”  Kids want to be able to identify with the characters they read about.  I can handle the part about identifying with a character since my stories are mostly based on personal experiences but I sometimes have difficulty “writing funny.”  Maybe this means I just need to stick to storytelling in my manuscripts and leave the funny part to when it happens in the natural telling of the story.