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I'm speaking from little experience, but I've read numerous places that rhyming books are a hard sell. They have to be perfect in rhyme, meter, rhythm, etc. And it shouldn't be forced rhyming, like rearranging a sentence just to make the words come out right. Cant' think of a good example right now, but they're limitless.

I would suggest you write out the adventures as a story. Then if you find you can rewrite them in rhyme without major effort or reaching for words just to make it rhyme, you might want to just leave them in story form. They might be easier for you that way, and just as much or more fun for anyone reading them.

But play around with it and see what you come up with. I like to write in rhyme, but it can be frustrating at times.

Good luck.

Madison, which feels more natural to you when you sit down to write Sam's adventures?

(And yes, it is harder to write and to sell a rhyming piece. But it can be done.)

I agree. Unless the rhyme comes very naturally to you, I'd focus on the story version first. You can always include rhyming stanzas within a narrative, or use rhythmic prose but not worry about rhymes.

As a poetry editor, I'd advise against rhyme unless you have a very good ear for meter (most people don't). If it's not done extremely well, it just detracts and distracts from the story you are trying to tell.

-- Marcy