1. The secret of good writing is re-writing–Fox
2. Ensure that the writing has good punctuation and capitalization–Fox
3. Give the illustrator room to create and marvelous things will happen–Edward
4. Less then 1,000 words–Edward
5. Where and what the character is doing is important–Edward
6. Create a story that inspires the reader–Montes
7. Read books like the book you are doing to write before you write it–Montes
8. Be yourself, write about things that you enjoy–Montes
9. Don’t write to teach, kids hate that–Fox
10. rhyme if you can do it well-Edward