Start Writing Your Children's Book Bundle

Choose a children's book idea that fits today's market, then start writing it the right way from the very first line.

You have a story idea (or three) for a children's book. But every time you sit down to start, the same questions stop you cold. Is this idea even marketable? What age group is it for? How long should it be? What is a manuscript even supposed to look like?

This bundle answers them in order. You'll check your idea against what today's market is buying, think through the whole story, build your character, outline it, and set it up on the page in proper manuscript format. So instead of writing in the dark (and rewriting six months later), you start with an idea that's grounded in the market.

With the Bundle, You'll Know...

1. Which children's book category your idea actually fits (picture book, early reader, chapter book, middle grade, or young adult) and what each one requires
2. What today's children's book market is buying, and what to avoid writing if you want to get published
3. The questions you must answer about your idea, so you've thought through the whole story before you write a word
4. How to develop a character readers will remember long after they close the book
5. How to outline your story from beginning to end, so you don't spend months on an idea that won't sell
6. What your manuscript is supposed to look like on the page, for both picture books and chapter books

Your Bundle Includes...

1. Children's book categories cheat sheet with the age breakdown and writing requirements of each
2. Children's book markets at a glance, to understand the different market options available to you as a writer
3. An explanation of the story requirements needed in today's market
4. New ideas brainstorm sheet to keep all your ideas in one place
5. Questions you must answer about your new story idea, so you think through the whole story before you start writing
6. Initial plot outline to step out your story through the complete story flow
7. Basic questions every writer must know about their characters
8. Experience questions to help you form the memories and motives behind their reactions
9. Personality questions to create an identity that could only belong to your character
10. Fillable PDF worksheets to use for every new children's book idea you have
11. Editable sample story manuscript for Word or Google Docs, so your story is formatted correctly from the start
12. Sample story examples for both picture books and chapter books
13. An explanation of where your story information goes on the page

The sample story manuscript sells for $7 on its own. It's included in this bundle at no extra cost.

Who's this bundle for?

Writers at the very start, with an idea (or a notebook full of them) and no first draft yet. If you keep asking yourself "Is my idea good enough?" and "Where do I even start?", this is built for that moment. It works for picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult.

It won't give you outside feedback on your idea. It gives you the tools to check it against the market yourself. If you already have a full draft, the Plot and Format or Revise Your Children's Book bundle fits where you are better.

How soon will you get it?

Right away. Your download link comes to the email address you use at checkout, usually within a few minutes.

This is a digital product. Nothing physical will ship.

Please note: Our digital products are for personal use only. While you can use the fillable fields on your computer or print out the sheets yourself, you cannot share this with anyone else, make a copy, or use this for resale.