DRAGONS . . .very interesting creatures, and always up to stuff.

Snarls the dragon in Sir Princess Petra

I write children’s chapter books in the fantasy/adventure genre. But most important about writing fantasy kids books is that I write dragon books for children. My first book in this series is entitled,  Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures

Snarls, the dragon, is a secondary character in this series. And he is quite the character.

Even though Snarls is an imaginary creature, he still possesses important traits that any human character would possess. And possessing important traits is what makes any character whole and round.

When I start making the character outlines for a book, that character’s attributes and flaws, as well as personal appearance, have to be consistent.

Making characters whole and round is the most important thing you can do for your characters, and it starts with a notebook. Each character has their own segment, and as I think about characteristics for that character I write them all down.

For instance: Is the character mostly serious or goofy? Are they generally a good or bad character?   What things do they stand up for? What do they look like? And what are their likes and dislikes?

The list goes on and on, but the more characteristics I write for each character, the more real those characters become. And all the characters in my books must be real to me or they will not be real to my readers.

It is also important to note that not every characteristic will come out in the story, but when the writer knows their characters inside and out, it is easy to choose the what, when, and why that characters does or says something in the story.

Snarls, the dragon in my books, is therefore treated as any character in the book–and he has to pull his weight as an intriguing character.

So in order to write dragon books, or any fiction kids books, the characters must be real to the writer first. And the sky’s the limit as the writer mulls over what kind of characteristics the players will have.

For more information about my characters, go to: http://www.dragonsbook.com/for-kids.html and scroll down for the kid’s coloring book to download, and for info about Book One characters.