7 Tips on Plotting a Children's Book

1. IT ALL STARTS WITH THE STORY

Start with a story you want to tell. Make it larger than life or base it on your personal experiences or something you’ve read. It may come from your fantastic imagination, but the common thread is that it is a story you feel must be told. I wrote The Cat That Changed America after reading about a mountain lion who lives in the middle of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, the second most populated city in the US. His name is P22 and he became famous after allegedly breaking into the LA Zoo and eating a koala. That seemed like a great premise for a book and raised all sorts of questions, like how did this big cat arrive there and what would happen to him once he settled?

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