: Re: How to a write a partly- serious story with kids as its main character? How would the tone be like? I want to write a story about a segregated city with a river a border between the two

@Berryessa137

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It's very possible to do, and has been done before. To Kill a Mockingbird has a protagonist that's a child, and that's a serious story, as well as the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin.

The question isn't whether or not it can be done, but can you pull it off while keeping the characters true to their ages.

This website provides some insight. But as a summary of the headers:

Don't:

make your characters cutesy
make your characters sagely wise
make your characters unintelligent
have them use baby talk

Do

write your characters as unique individuals
give your characters goals
make your characters smart
keep in mind your characters are children

The link I provided above provides the explanations for these.

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