Children, especially teens can be gaga about horses. They long to learn to ride horses and groom them. They long to actually own a horse. They continually read stories featuring horses. Even today, I've got a few favourite horse books that I first read as a little child. Though each horse has his very own personality, to the horse-loving child, they are all of the same: they're all desirable. Somehow, there is an element of romanticism and heroism linked with horses in children's minds.
I believe that for lots of kids, horses are passing trends, like the urge to learn cycle riding and then motorbike riding before leading on to vehicle driving. Sadly kids are like that. But there are bound to be some children who are true blue horse lovers, who would respect a pony for life and never become bored with it.
Over years of interaction with horses, I have developed the definite opinion that horses also feel very comfortable with youngsters. I'm not sure what the chemistry is all about, but on many an occasion I've seen horses that are routinely extraordinarily doubtful of adult strangers break the ice with children within a matter of minutes. Possibly horses react to the unconditional admiration of teenagers. To the average teenager, every horse is swish and superb, though to the adult eye it may appear to be a little stunted, moderately graceless or clumsily shy.
When you write pony fiction, or even fact, for kids, don't make the blunder of assuming you can talk down to them. Youngsters are too smart to take to that sort of approach. Your horses had better be brave animals of unusual strength, wisdom and loyalty, unless they are villain horses. I actually have not read any stories in which horses were villainous, though in some spook stories of the headless horseman variety the horses are by association up to no good.
Horse fiction for teens is virtually a literary genre all by itself. Young readers are frequently quite informed about horses. The fanatics among them dream about owning horses and riding them.
Have creative plots. The best plot lines are those in which a devoted pony helps a teenager in deep trouble work his way out of the clutches of the baddie and show his evil to the world. Both the teenager and the horse perform heroic deeds in perfect coordination with one another.
Horse fiction books for teens typically make excellent gifts for Xmas, and therefore if your story has a Xmas motif to it, it should do all the better. Youngsters are also fond of stories cantered around horse shows and races, with the mind of plot where the bad guys try and cripple a pony to stop it winning and the horse's owner and perhaps his friends fight it out to get their own back.
At the day's end, successful fiction is all about being good escapes for readers. Good books transport the reader to the scene of action. A bestseller with a pony show theme for youths takes them to shows where they themselves participate and experience the sorrows of failure and the thrills of success.
I believe that for lots of kids, horses are passing trends, like the urge to learn cycle riding and then motorbike riding before leading on to vehicle driving. Sadly kids are like that. But there are bound to be some children who are true blue horse lovers, who would respect a pony for life and never become bored with it.
Over years of interaction with horses, I have developed the definite opinion that horses also feel very comfortable with youngsters. I'm not sure what the chemistry is all about, but on many an occasion I've seen horses that are routinely extraordinarily doubtful of adult strangers break the ice with children within a matter of minutes. Possibly horses react to the unconditional admiration of teenagers. To the average teenager, every horse is swish and superb, though to the adult eye it may appear to be a little stunted, moderately graceless or clumsily shy.
When you write pony fiction, or even fact, for kids, don't make the blunder of assuming you can talk down to them. Youngsters are too smart to take to that sort of approach. Your horses had better be brave animals of unusual strength, wisdom and loyalty, unless they are villain horses. I actually have not read any stories in which horses were villainous, though in some spook stories of the headless horseman variety the horses are by association up to no good.
Horse fiction for teens is virtually a literary genre all by itself. Young readers are frequently quite informed about horses. The fanatics among them dream about owning horses and riding them.
Have creative plots. The best plot lines are those in which a devoted pony helps a teenager in deep trouble work his way out of the clutches of the baddie and show his evil to the world. Both the teenager and the horse perform heroic deeds in perfect coordination with one another.
Horse fiction books for teens typically make excellent gifts for Xmas, and therefore if your story has a Xmas motif to it, it should do all the better. Youngsters are also fond of stories cantered around horse shows and races, with the mind of plot where the bad guys try and cripple a pony to stop it winning and the horse's owner and perhaps his friends fight it out to get their own back.
At the day's end, successful fiction is all about being good escapes for readers. Good books transport the reader to the scene of action. A bestseller with a pony show theme for youths takes them to shows where they themselves participate and experience the sorrows of failure and the thrills of success.
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Horses are Heather Toms passion and she enjoys sharing her
extensive knowledge through her 100s of articles with other horse lovers, like all things about western clothes
extensive knowledge through her 100s of articles with other horse lovers, like all things about western clothes
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