[ghostthegreat]

I've been tempted to write out of order, but I try to find the fun parts in each chapter. Sometimes what you think will be the most boring chapters turn out to be the most fun to write, you never know. And another thing that keeps me motivated is to write the chapters that lead up to key points that I am really excited about writing, almost like they are a reward. But as long as you get the book done, it really doesn't matter which chapters you do first.

As for writing for kids, I don't find it too much different than writing for adults. I learned early on that you don't want to talk down to children, so the writing can be somewhat close to what you would normally write (save for graphic violence, sex, etc). The only real big difference is the length. Normal book for adults (can change on category, like romance is 70k) is around 100,000 words, while a middle-grade book is usually 30-40k (I fudged on that and did 53k words though)