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3 Awesome Writing Programs for Aspiring Kid Authors

By Dr. Patricia Fioriello

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Invest in short story writing software!

For many authors, their dreams of becoming short story authors began as children. They went through their school years begging teachers for writing assignments that would help hone their skills. When teachers ran out of work, they turned to taking and reinventing their favorite stories with a new twist.

If short story writing software had been available in their day, the great writers of today may have been even more successful. So if you have a budding Pulitzer Prize winner at home who has shown interest in writing short stories, then finding short story writing software may be a vital step to helping them find new and exciting writing techniques and foundations.

Here are some of the top short story writing software for aspiring child authors.

Story Wizard

This short story writing software is designed for children aged 9-16. It offers children the chance to let their overactive imagination flow into a great short story. They get to create an entire new universe they never thought possible with characters and places that have never been seen before. Being imaginative is easy for children, but the Story Wizard software allows them to have a place to get started in the writing process. The Story Wizard writing process makes sure that ideas are “brought to life” through several key steps. This software provides story templates that include general structure and guidance, as well as, front cover design, over a billion name combinations for convincing characters, and a readback function that will read the story aloud. The software includes a full dictionary and thesaurus and makes sure that your student is accurate with an automatic spell checker. For a price of $34.99- $54.99, this short story writing software is worth the investment. Story Wizard – Creative Writing Software for Kids

Secret Writer’s Society

This interesting short story writing software choice is produced by Panasonic Interactive and has a good reputation for providing high educational value and children’s appeal. This program attempts to teach kids all the fundamental skills needed for good short story writing. They take the idea of a secret society and “enlist” children in the mysterious and intriguing club to go on a writing adventure. They must past through six training levels that prepare them for different writing missions. This program even comes with a mission controller named Tex. There are a number of training activities and multi-sensory approaches that capture all the capacities needed to create a good story. There are games, songs, and missions designed to help focus on things like capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, paragraph format, and organization. Once the writer has completed the six training levels, they are invited into Level 7 where they are assigned several writing missions. This short story writing software ranges in price from $29.95- $59.95. If your child likes to undertake missions and loves adventure, then Secret Writer’s Society will appeal them in the most engaging ways possible.

Kidspiration/Inspiration

Inspiration is a short story writing software for children that focuses more on the technical aspects of writing a paper than it does on creativity. Writing an effective and organized paper can often be difficult for creative children, so this software utilizes graphic organizers and mapping skills to help kids learn how to make their thought flow. It teaches them the value of prewriting and provides interesting graphics, animations, and diagrams to engage the student and help them through the process. This short story writing software appeals more the middle school and high school students who struggle the most with organization and getting initial jumbled thoughts to make sense on a larger scale. This software is available for $69.98 for the Kidspiration (ages5-11) and $29.95 for Inspiration (middle-high school). Kidspiration, Personal Edition

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