Publishers and moviemakers are always on the lookout for their next hit. Who’s to say they won’t find it in someone still in grade school?
Child authors show us that there’s no minimum age requirement to sit at the bestseller’s table. From epic fantasies to dating advice, these young writers have some brilliant ideas to share with the world.
The Youngest Child Authors in History
Here are some of the youngest child authors in history and their bestselling works.
1. Christopher Paolini
Having finished high school at just 15 years old, Christopher proceeded to write his first novel, Eragon. He was 18 when his parents’ company published the book. One year later, when a larger publisher Knopf republished the book, it soared to the New York Times bestseller list. Christopher then wrote three more books in the series, which spurred a film adaptation in 2006.
2. Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s diary detailed her harrowing experiences of hiding with her family from Nazis before being sent to a concentration camp. Her story has impacted more generations than perhaps any other book penned by a child. The book was published two years after she died of typhus, still in a concentration camp, when she was 15.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has been translated into over 60 languages and is a mainstay in many literary curricula across the world.
3. Mattie Stepanek
Mattie Stepanek was a boy who had a rare muscular dystrophy but managed to become a New York Times bestselling author of five books of poetry. He was also a lobbyist and peace advocate for people with disabilities. He passed on in 2004, just short of his 14th birthday.
4. Alexander Pope
The classic writer Alexander Pope was a child genius, known for translating major works and writing epics in his early teenage years. He was 12 years old when he wrote his first major piece entitled Ode on Solitude. When he was 21 years old, he published Pastorals.
5. Alec Greven
When Alec was 9 years old, he watched his male peers getting rejected left and right by cute schoolmates on the playground, and decided to write a book called How to Talk to Girls in 2008. This self-help book was meant to help his friends pick up girls better, and became a New York Times bestseller, with practical tips like skipping the sweatpants and combing your hair!
After his first bestseller, Alec went on to write many other titles, including Rules for School, How to Talk to Dads, and How to Talk to Moms.
6. S.E. Hinton
Always an avid booklover, Susan Eloise Hinton was not content with the books being published for young adults. She was only 15 and still in high school when she started writing The Outsiders.
The book became a bestseller by the time she entered college, and the newfound popularity resulted in an overwhelming sense of pressure that caused a two-year period of writer’s block.
Although she wrote other books, The Outsiders continues to outperform all the others, selling almost 14 million copies.
7. Jyoti and Suresh Guptara
Twins Jyoti and Suresh were 11 years old when they finished writing the first draft of a fantasy novel entitled Conspiracy of Calaspia.
Within six years, the novel had soared to the bestseller list. This inspired them to expand the story into a 2,000-page trilogy, and earned them a spot on Schweizer Illustriete magazine’s “100 Most Important Swiss.”
Kasyna Warszawa: https://kasynopl.com/kasyna-warszawa/8. Daisy Ashford
Daisy Ashford was 4 years old when she wrote her first story, but her most popular work is The Young Visiters, the manuscript she wrote when she was 9! It was published in 1919 and when J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, penned the introduction to her book, many readers believed him to be the author.
9. Dorothy Straight
Four-year-old Dorothy Straight wrote How the World Began as a gift to her grandmother, but her parents saw potential and sought out a publisher for her story. Pantheon Books published it two years later when Dorothy was only 6 years old!
10. Christopher Beale
When Christopher’s mother had him write a story, he spun off a 5-chapter novel entitled This and Last Season’s Excursions, about a boy and his toy animals, all over lunch break! Guinness World Record calls him the youngest child author.
Who Is the Youngest Bestselling Author?
Christopher Paolini was 18 years old when Eragon was published. Although other children have become published authors at younger ages, the Guinness World Records recognizes Paolini as the “youngest author of a bestselling book,” with his book selling more than 33 million copies.
Can a Child Write a Book?
Storytelling comes naturally to children, making them a great source of imaginative stories. If they don’t have the technical skills of actually “writing” yet, they can still create their own stories by dictating them to an adult who can transcribe them.
In terms of publishing, the rise in modern technology has made it easier for anyone of all ages to publish a book. Although children don’t usually get offers from traditional publishers, a child can always self-publish their book with the help of a parent or adult.
Kid Authors
If you haven’t yet read a book written by a child, try out some of the titles listed above. You will likely find yourself pleasantly surprised and challenged by the insights that someone younger can offer.
Or, if you know a youngster trying their hand at writing, give them some encouragement and inspire them with these success stories.
Did you find this post helpful? Let us know in the comments below!
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Yen Cabag is the Blog Writer of TCK Publishing. She is also a homeschooling mom, family coach, and speaker for the Charlotte Mason method, an educational philosophy that places great emphasis on classic literature and the masterpieces in art and music. She has also written several books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her passion is to see the next generation of children become lovers of reading and learning in the midst of short attention spans.
Hi, i’m 13 and also writing a book. So far haven’t gotten that far, but i’m hoping this will be the one. I’ve started and stopped prob more than ten books. Keep up the good worker junior writers!
Hello everyone. I’m Adrian and I am 13. Today I can finally prove to you that age really is just a number, I am thrilled to announce that my novel received an offer for publication! It’s still surreal to think that I was getting paid to write a book. It took me almost two years to get to this point, and I never gave up, so please don’t feel discouraged by the rejection letters from publishers and literary agents, I got tons of them before I finally got acceptance. My novel is called The Groundworld Heroes, and I think it’ll be released in November 2024. Thanks for letting me share and do NOT give up, next time it might be you who will be getting the offer.
Hey Adrain, my name is audrey im also 13 im really here because I’m lost on an English assessment for my main grade but I read the blurb for your book and it sounds amazing I’m in Australia so I don’t know where to get it when its published but ill try my best. it’s so cool hearing all about these amazing young people doing such great things. but for advice how do you really bring the story to life i know how the plan it I’m just a complete goose and keep stitching tenses but congrats on the books (:
Hi Audrey,
Thanks for congratulating, I really appreciate that. My book is called The Groundworld Heroes and it’ll be released in August 2024 (assuming that there isn’t any delays) In terms of how to make the story come alive, I’m not really an expert on that, but I guess it takes a lot of revisions to make a manuscript up to par. It’s great that you already have an outline, then you could start writing your first draft. My (novice) advice is that you should finish your first draft, then put it away for a week or two so you get back to your story with fresh eyes, and start making big-picture notes to yourself. I’m sorry if that wasn’t what you’re looking for, but I wish you the best of luck with your writing.
Have a great day,
Adrian
And I think you can find The Groundworld Heroes in Amazon, or Wheelers (for Australia). But it probably won’t be in physical stores since my publisher couldn’t distribute to Australia.
Hi I am 12 and I am looking for a cover illustrator but I don’t know where to even start looking! I don’t know if cover illustrators even illustrate for kid’s books. Where can I find one, and if they don’t illustrate for kids how do I do it myself? Digitally? Or on paper?
Hi were you able to find an illustrator for your book cover? If you’re able to pay then I’d be happy to help.
You may do it online because I am writing my own book now and I am also !2, it is not that hard so try to get ideas about what you are writing about.
hey, my friend is a amazing artist and she’s just 13 I’m sure you could get in contact with her she probably wouldn’t want any pay either but shes super good at this stuff.
I am looking for a cover designer and can’t seem to get my hands on one. How do I get someone to illustrate my cover?
I’m thirteen and I’ve been writing a book (honestly it’s kind of dark) and I’ve been struggling with writer’s block and finding someone who would publish it. I can’t figure out how to make my story longer than forty pages, any recommendations?
Hi! I am also 12 and struggling to write a book, but aside from all the common tips like take breaks and write every day, I found this really interesting one on the internet that I think might help. It suggests to just spam write all the dialogue of the next few chapters first, than build the story around it. I haven’t been able to give it a go yet, but it seems worth attempting. =D
The best way is to use a lot of description. Try not to use just dialogue and narrative only when there’s action or something important going on. That’s what I do.
I can never make my stories exciting, and I can’t think of any plot twists
Don’t worry at all! If you’re having trouble writing, though, it’s called “writer’s block”. Some twists that I have written that changed the story drastically (in a good way) have been:
– Villain and supporting character fall in love (very fun to write as well)
– Original villain turns out to NOT be the villain, rather the extra supporting character.
– Death (dramatic and interesting, as long as you don’t kill off a good character without a good reason, or you make it bland.)
Hope that helps! Also, I find the Reedsy Blog to be very helpful and informative in times like this.
Hi, I’m 16 years old and I’ve just finished writing a self-help book for teens. Not sure if there are publishers out there that would be willing to publish something like this – written by a teen for teens. Any suggestions?
Self-publishing. Also, you can read this website’s blog, as it is a publishing website! If you do choose to go the self-publishing route, don’t forget that it can get expensive to have it edited (VERY important to have it professionally edited, it’s worth it) and such.
I’m glad you think so, Natalie. I love this place too! Your book sounds interesting ;) Good luck!! ~Lexi
Hey, I’m a twelve year old author who has continually struggled with writers block. I gotten to a few chapters in several books, yet always abandon them after a little while. I find it near impossible to compromise with the varying ideas I want to deposit on the page. As someone who loves writing and aspires to become a published author one day, I seek a lot of advice revolving around the problem of writers block and perseverance. It’s somewhat degrading to find yourself with an empty mind after the long and perilous journey of creating a fully detailed plot. Not for braggings sake, but I have gotten accused of plagarism three times this year; the fact that I know what I’m doing yet cannot execute it properly feels tremendously vexatatious. If any of you were to offer advise on this subject, I would be much oblidged. Thanks!
Lia –That’s not true! Self-publishing most certainly works! This whole website is about kids who are authors…a.k.a they self published.
Well, not all of them are self-published… Swordbird was published by Harper Collins, and Nancy Yi Fan got it published by emailing them with her manuscript or something. I’m planning on bugging publishing companies as well when I finish my book, lol. Best of luck!
Please don’t annoy the editors. The chance of having your book chosen is extremely low already (only about 1-2% are considered) without you bugging them. Also, with the right marketing, editors and designers, self-publishing is an AMAZING option.
Hey Lucy, If your struggling to keep going with a book or idea, what works for me is just plan plan plan, it gives you a break from the actual writing side of things which can help, coming back to a piece of work after some time can sometimes strike inspiration and keep you going. How I would go about it is like this, your main protagonist will face a overall problem in most books. Think about how this makes them feel, how they feel will impact their actions. Once you have your overall idea, how will they solve it. Now put obstacles in their way that they will have to over come. A flow chart helps with this. I hope this helps, as it does for me.
Good Luck, you’ve got this!!
Kaia Cliff xx
Your first line of action should be to rely much less on large words that few people understand when making a point, and instead use conventional language that appeals to all in an understandable manner :).
Hi, I’m Rebecca McMay (fake name) I am twelve and a half and have been writing for a while.
My book, The Seventh Sorcerer is at 45 pages since July. I need some advice, how do you get all your ideas out in a book without rushing it? Also, a word of advice for the writers out there with writer’s block. Imagine all the actions and the things that happen in a section of your story before writing it. Then you can write without staring at your monitor wondering what to say.
Also, does TCK accept manuscripts from minors? And, what publishing companies specialize in the fantasy/dystopian genre?
Happy Holidays!
~Anastasia Palmer
Hi, Rebecca! I love TCK! They do accept minors so go ahead and try it out. It would be a great opportunity.
Hi im 11 feel free to call me white ` star or cinder! This is my book currently wrighting my second book I have hit writers block sadly although feel free to dig in, I hope you enjoy! Also book was based off warrior cats ;-; I have low hopes for it. (P.s. book has grammer/spelling mistakes); Winter.
Snow falls lightly from the sky, the dark grey clouds above seem to be hiding something in the far distance. It’s late evening, about eight bells, which means there has been a full moon all day and there will be another tonight.
The two cats lay awake watching this new moon, they had seen a strange looking white thing near them earlier today, but neither of them paid any attention to it, both were too tired from hunting all afternoon. As they look up to look at each other, their eye catches a movement in one of their den’s branches, they watch as a small brown bird lands near them. The brown bird chirps softly before taking off again. They turn back towards the sky, only to catch another glimpse of movement from one of their den’s branches, they blink and look at each other. Their eyes narrow, a thought forms within their mind and they know where this came from. “could this be a sign that starclan has decided to lift the snow?-” a young apprentice walks out of their den stalking to the warriors flicking their tail, this is mint ` paw. the warrior turns around, “well- I’ll speak with our medicine cat to see what they say.” the warriors sighs and turns to face the apprentice. Their speaking caught the attention of white ` star, she walks over her tail flicking as she walks over leaving pawprints in the deep snow. “hello young warriors and apprentice, what’s the mew about?” she asked her tail beginning to speed up, her paws cold. the warriors tail began to flick. “we believe we have seen a sign.” the warrior spoke softly with the leader present his ears flick. “well I’ll suppose you speak to the medicine cat and sun high, and good night you must sleep we have patroles in the heavy snow at sun low.” the apprentice turned to face the leader “when will I be a warrior? it seems cool! mabey I’ll be a great leader like you!” white ` star flicked her tail noting the apprentices words. “well that’s great and your ceremony is tomorrow so get some sleep, rest up.” the leader spoke to the apprentice walking towards the warriors den.
the apprentice looks up seeing her brothers standing outside watching her, they jump down landing beside her, one of her brothers speaks “we heard the whole conversation, do you know if the Clan knows about it or not?” the apprentices brothers tails flick. “no one else seems to be aware yet but i can talk to them tomorrow, for now let’s go to sleep.” her voice lowers, “i want to meet starclan when i become a warrior!”Chapter 2
the next morning the clan gathers around the elders den, the clan was preparing for an upcoming battle. a long time ago there was a clan of foxes that stole the hearts of many kits. every year the kits leave, never returning. every kit lost has the same story; they are the last ones who remember, no matter how hard a mother tries to find her kit. the kits who don’t return eventually die. no one ever knows the reason why these kits would come back every spring, maybe because they knew a mother or maybe because they loved someone. this is until recently when one fox managed to escape. a few generations ago a powerful black tom took on this mission, a quest to bring back every single kit he could possibly take in. “all cats old enough to gather their own prey gather around, for a clan meeting.” white ` star yowled a stressed tone in her voice, the clan gathers the apprentices brother sitting along side her she looked up with stars in her eyes. “mint ` paw, you have reached the age of twelve moons, and with the name of my warrior ancestors your warrior name will be. . . mint ` vine. you have shown great respect, so you shall tale on the prefix of vine.” white ` star gleamed down at the newly named warrior, mint` vine, she smiled as her brothers patted her back with a smile aswell. “now with due respect, flame ` tail has passed and now hunts with starclan, I must chose a new deputy to take my place when I pass, fox hollow, I have seen your ups, and your down, will you promise to protect this clan until your last breath?” the back tom with a white ear looks up. “I do.” and with that they join her on the rock. “you have earned your place here, now you must prove yourself worthy of your place by becoming a leader.” white ` star smiles and begins to call a list off in her head.
“honestly i dont think any of us can keep secrets from her, so we need to work together to make this plan a successfulbusiness. ” flame ` heart spoke quietly. “clan dismissed.” white ` star coughs lightly. the clan disperses, most of the cats head home, except the apprentices who headed out to train. “i wonder how the clan has handled our disappearance for so long.
the group walked into camp slowly, the air was colder than usual, and it felt almost empty, except for one spot that was lit up. “starclan!” the apprentices cried happily and ran to the clearing and stopped short seeing the massive statue. “that is our new leader and councilor, Starclan please guide us!” the apprentices bowed respectfully in front of the large statue before making their way back to the camp. the new clan leader stood at the center of the clearing waiting for her new deputy to come out and greet her. the newest members of her clan stepped forward, the apprentices watched eagerly. “please rise now,” White ` Star said softly, her voice echoed through the clearing causing them all to stand up straight. “today, we meet to discuss the details and strategies for our battle against earthclan, after discussing and considering the battle plan, we shall meet again in half moon to continue planning.” the new leader sat herself back down on the stone seat.
the new apprentices looked at each other wondering what their mentors meant about the battle plans. ‘they’re going to start the battle tomorrow right!?!?!’ black ` paw ‘s thoughts rang through her mind. ‘we should prepare ourselves for a fight.’ she purred internally.
soon after the leaders announcement, the new campers begin to settle down in the clearing and soon fall asleep. The new campers are awoken very early by the sun, the sun shines bright and the grass is sparkling with dew.
‘morning everyone.’ Fire` heart says brightly to the young apprentices as she jumps over their nests and walks over to one of the fresh faced apprentices .
‘morning mentor.’ the new apprentice replies, Fire` heart gently licks their head with one of her soft pink tongues.
‘good morning.’ Fire` heart purrs as they sit up. ‘i’m sorry we couldn’t stay longer yesterday, the clan was very insistent on having an emergency meeting today.’ Fire` heart tells her, the apprentice nods ‘its alright, they seemed excited.’ they respond. Fire` heart sits down with the other apprentice and starts grooming them.
‘do you know what’s going to happen today?’ white ` star flicks her ear hearing the cats. “planning, I already have a plan i have the ally of riverclan.” the apprentice turns to face their leader. “I thought that riverclan hated you!” they ask shocked, their ears laid flat against their head. “yes they hate me, but we still plan to help you defeat earthclan, you will receive more training than you’ve been receiving.”
with that fireheart leaps onto the apprentices back “get ready to go.” he said jumping off the apprentices back.
they follow him to the fresh pile, he sets their nest aside and places their bedding next to them. ‘let’s start off with you getting some breakfast, there isn’t much food left in camp, so you need to eat lots.’ fireheart told the apprentice as he begins to stretch his legs.
Fireheart and the two apprentices set up a small campfire while the apprentices eat their fill. ‘now for battle tactics…’ fireheart begins. “remember we need stealth, and to use your surroundings wisely.” the apprentice nods, ‘how did the leader teach you about stealth.’ they look up to watch their mentor as she leads them along their route to the main battle ground, “she taught me to blend in, which was easy for a blind cat such as myself.” she stops, ‘ white ` star growled under breath smelling the approach of loners.Chapter 2
the next morning the clan gathers around the elders den, the clan was preparing for an upcoming battle. a long time ago there was a clan of foxes that stole the hearts of many kits. every year the kits leave, never returning. every kit lost has the same story; they are the last ones who remember, no matter how hard a mother tries to find her kit. the kits who don’t return eventually die. no one ever knows the reason why these kits would come back every spring, maybe because they knew a mother or maybe because they loved someone. this is until recently when one fox managed to escape. a few generations ago a powerful black tom took on this mission, a quest to bring back every single kit he could possibly take in. “all cats old enough to gather their own prey gather around, for a clan meeting.” white ` star yowled a stressed tone in her voice, the clan gathers the apprentices brother sitting along side her she looked up with stars in her eyes. “mint ` paw, you have reached the age of twelve moons, and with the name of my warrior ancestors your warrior name will be. . . mint ` vine. you have shown great respect, so you shall tale on the prefix of vine.” white ` star gleamed down at the newly named warrior, mint` vine, she smiled as her brothers patted her back with a smile aswell. “now with due respect, flame ` tail has passed and now hunts with starclan, I must chose a new deputy to take my place when I pass, fox hollow, I have seen your ups, and your down, will you promise to protect this clan until your last breath?” the back tom with a white ear looks up. “I do.” and with that they join her on the rock. “you have earned your place here, now you must prove yourself worthy of your place by becoming a leader.” white ` star smiles and begins to call a list off in her head.
“honestly i dont think any of us can keep secrets from her, so we need to work together to make this plan a successfulbusiness. ” flame ` heart spoke quietly. “clan dismissed.” white ` star coughs lightly. the clan disperses, most of the cats head home, except the apprentices who headed out to train. “i wonder how the clan has handled our disappearance for so long.
the group walked into camp slowly, the air was colder than usual, and it felt almost empty, except for one spot that was lit up. “starclan!” the apprentices cried happily and ran to the clearing and stopped short seeing the massive statue. “that is our new leader and councilor, Starclan please guide us!” the apprentices bowed respectfully in front of the large statue before making their way back to the camp. the new clan leader stood at the center of the clearing waiting for her new deputy to come out and greet her. the newest members of her clan stepped forward, the apprentices watched eagerly. “please rise now,” White ` Star said softly, her voice echoed through the clearing causing them all to stand up straight. “today, we meet to discuss the details and strategies for our battle against earthclan, after discussing and considering the battle plan, we shall meet again in half moon to continue planning.” the new leader sat herself back down on the stone seat.
the new apprentices looked at each other wondering what their mentors meant about the battle plans. ‘they’re going to start the battle tomorrow right!?!?!’ black ` paw ‘s thoughts rang through her mind. ‘we should prepare ourselves for a fight.’ she purred internally.
soon after the leaders announcement, the new campers begin to settle down in the clearing and soon fall asleep. The new campers are awoken very early by the sun, the sun shines bright and the grass is sparkling with dew.
‘morning everyone.’ Fire` heart says brightly to the young apprentices as she jumps over their nests and walks over to one of the fresh faced apprentices .
‘morning mentor.’ the new apprentice replies, Fire` heart gently licks their head with one of her soft pink tongues.
‘good morning.’ Fire` heart purrs as they sit up. ‘i’m sorry we couldn’t stay longer yesterday, the clan was very insistent on having an emergency meeting today.’ Fire` heart tells her, the apprentice nods ‘its alright, they seemed excited.’ they respond. Fire` heart sits down with the other apprentice and starts grooming them.
‘do you know what’s going to happen today?’ white ` star flicks her ear hearing the cats. “planning, I already have a plan i have the ally of riverclan.” the apprentice turns to face their leader. “I thought that riverclan hated you!” they ask shocked, their ears laid flat against their head. “yes they hate me, but we still plan to help you defeat earthclan, you will receive more training than you’ve been receiving.”
with that fireheart leaps onto the apprentices back “get ready to go.” he said jumping off the apprentices back.
they follow him to the fresh pile, he sets their nest aside and places their bedding next to them. ‘let’s start off with you getting some breakfast, there isn’t much food left in camp, so you need to eat lots.’ fireheart told the apprentice as he begins to stretch his legs.
Fireheart and the two apprentices set up a small campfire while the apprentices eat their fill. ‘now for battle tactics…’ fireheart begins. “remember we need stealth, and to use your surroundings wisely.” the apprentice nods, ‘how did the leader teach you about stealth.’ they look up to watch their mentor as she leads them along their route to the main battle ground, “she taught me to blend in, which was easy for a blind cat such as myself.” she stops, ‘ white ` star growled under breath smelling the approach of loners.Chapter 3
“ATTACK IS APPROACHING! HIDE YOUR KITS!” the clan scurrying in fear the last battle hadn’t gone well white ` star had lost many lives five to be exact.
she had tried everything she knew, but loners were always quicker then she expected, even the fastest cat in the clan was no match for those big, strong loners. she watches as loners push past the apprentices who run for cover; her clan mates run to safety and she sees the young kits running from her hiding place. she snarls to herself, she can tell the loners have spotted her, she crouches low hoping her clanmates won’t notice that she has abandoned them. ‘where am i supposed to hide when its full force?’ she thinks trying to come up with something to protect them when a shadow falls on her. she quickly stands up and turns around to see her former mate and loner leader standing there. “oh my stars…” she whispers under her breath as she takes a step backwards. ‘no…this can’t be happening! she thought,
“what, you don’t want to play anymore little kitten?” the loner leader growls lowly.
the old cat shook, terrified, she didn’t want to hurt him…he had given her life after all. he just had to kill her…but she wouldn’t let him have that satisfaction.. no.. she couldn’t die like this. she wouldn’t give up this easily, she needed to get away from him. ‘he won’t hurt me now, not if I can help it,’ white ` Star’s mind raced as she made her decision to run. she began to pace but soon turned pinning the tomcat hissing as she glanced around at the bloody battle she seen her brother laying still, breathing but limp. she couldn’t hold her anger and ripped into the rouge through ending them hissing loudly her tail lashing her eyes split into thin slim Dimond like shapes. blood spilled down the side of the rouges side as she hissed lunching herself at another ripping into their stomach, a rouge attacked her from behind she threw them into a wall, they hissed, standing weakly, as mint ` vine grabbed the rouge tossing them back to white ` star to Finnish the job. mint ` vine grabbed white ` stars brother helping them to the medicine den, white ` star hissed, another rouge watched in pure fear, “WHO DARES TO HURT WHOM I LOVE!?” white ` star yowled ripping into the rouge, the other rauge yowled yelling “THEIR STRONGER THIS TIME! RE TREATE!” they yowled pushing the others out of the way and into the open clearing. “YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT MOTHERS LONERS, WE WILL KILL YOU ALL BEFORE WE LET YOU TOUCH MY KITTENS!” white ` Star roared.
“YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU, HAVE DONE WHITE ` STAR!” Acorn roared looking at the dead rouges as he ran the other rouges that we left followed. white ` star yowled chasing after him. “MINNOW BRAIN OFF, WE ARE LEAVING!” Acorn shouted turning to face her.
Acorn was able to outrun white ` Star who was now sprinting after him. She yowled launching herself at him. “YOU DON’T DESERVE TO LIVE ALIVE ACORN, WHY WOULD YOU EVER HELP THE RUSHING WATER CLANS!” she yowled tearing into his sides as she jumped off his back. “MY PARENTS WERE RIGHT TO KILL YOU!” she hissed, her jaws dripping with blood. she panted as the other rouges looked back, pure fear in their faces. Acorn scuffed trying to stand blood spilling from his sides. “your lucky I’m going to help you, it’s not the warriors way.” white ` star, spoke trying to lift up Acorn her wounds bleed, Acorn nodded trying to hold his anger as the area quieted down they had won. Alderberry`s voice called to them, “come on you’re going home.” he said walking over to them. He carefully picked Acorn up as he helped White` star walk to where the rest of her clan members were waiting. Acorn whimpered in pain every time they moved too fast while carrying him on their back. “a-are you okay white ` star?” snow ` paw her younger brother looked up at her from the small nest. “thank the stars your alright!” white ` star mowed happily, dropping Acorn on the ground. White` star limped over to them and began nuzzling her siblings. Acorn slowly opened his eyes, he took a moment to remember that he was safe, he could relax now. Acorn looked around, he didn’t know if the fight would be enough to keep his clan safe, he was scared. White` star noticed her brothers expression and nudged him softly. “it’ll be okay, we’re all here now.” she reassured him.
“we’re almost there, just a few more minutes.” Alderberry said as he walked towards the elders den.
once they had arrived everyone rushed towards Acorn, he was still bleeding heavily and he started trembling. The clan immediately gathered round him. They all sat with him on the floor as he curled himself into a ball. He didn’t feel comfortable being surrounded by his whole clan. His breathing quickened. “this is Acorn, treat him with respect.” white ` star hissed “he will be joining us.” a young she cat spoke “BUT HE HURT OWR CLANMATES.” thus she cat was flame ` petal. “HE WILL BE JOINING US HE IS MY BROTHER!” “s-sorry white ` star, ma` am.” Fire ` petal mewed. White ` star purred “we are all family, none of us are going anywhere, now please take care of our injured kit-like tom.” she meowed looking around. “of course leader.” a she cat named ‘breeze` spoke before moving towards white ` stars kit-like sibling.
“hey, what happened to you? why did you attack us?” breeze ` spoke said quietly. “it was a choice, a hard one. . . our father forced it around us, as kits.” Acorn continued “white ` star thinks he’s dead. . I’m glad to be here.” Acorn glanced at the kits with their mother laying next to him in the medicine den. “they need some more food.” white ` star stated gently. “I know you must be hungry as well.” white ` Star added, “can we have some more catnip mouse and milk for our kits?” Frost was a kit once but now she was only a couple moons older then Acorn. She didn’t like Acorn being in their camp, Acorn glanced at white ` star, she looked, different? bigger? she looked like she was carrying kits Acorn was stunned. “what’s wrong?” breeze ` spoke looked at Acorn who was looking at his sister. “is s-she?-” Acorn slammed white ` star glared at him “what?” she scuffed her mate walking in behind her locking her cheek, “hello, you must be white ` stars other, brother.” wasp ` pelt scuffed. “yes, I’m his sister.” white ` star replied, “well are our kits okay white ` star?” wasp ` pelt spoke sternly. “well my stomach was untouched so, yes.” this proved that Acorn new why she looked. . . different. chapter 4
-^moons pass^-
wasp ` pelt looks spooked, Acorn was renamed Acorn ` heart, “OH MY STARCLAN!-” wasp ` pelt looked scared as he spoke. “what’s going on?-” Acorn stepped closer to wasp ` pelt. “WHITE ` STARS HAVING KITS!” wasp ` pelt mewed loudly getting the attention of the clan. “she is?!” Acorn bellowed. “Yes, she’s been sick for a long time, she just hasn’t told any of us, even her own brother!” wasp ` pelt exclaimed “and she doesn’t eat anymore, I don’t even know how many kits she has right now!” he finished angrily “why didn’t she tell you?!” Acorn growled. white ` stars POV; ‘I woke slowly feeling exhausted, my paws felt heavy and sore but I kept my eyes closed knowing I was about to kit I lay quietly my eyes closed I ear the clan meowing about wast happening I hiss under my breath while the medicine cat grabs juniper berry’s to ease my pain, all I can think about is my kits and mate I heat my brother speaking to his freinds and my mate speaking with acorn.’ breeze ` spoke, handed the she the juniper berry’s patting her back huffing as wast ` pelt races in Acorn soon following. “whats happening?!” wasp ` pelt demanded
whispers and whispers filled the forest The clan looked around panicked their ears flattened against their heads. “whats happening?!?!” wast` pelt asked louder “White` stars kitties….” wind ` mewed nervously. “oh no…” wast` pelt murmured Wasp ` pelt was about to start asking again when white ` star stood up and began shouting “ALL OF YOU OUT! GET BACK TO YOUR CLEARING RIGHT NOW!” the clan scattered running off in different directions. White ` stars breathing became unsteady, her mate glaring into the den, she felt a sudden pain.
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it had been a moon before she had left the den for food, she looked this now, kits could be heard crying when she left the den wasp ` pelt comforted his kits smiling. White` star walked slowly into the forest, her belly swollen and sore, yet happy. As she neared the clearing she saw the clan gathered round something lying on the ground she padded to the center and dropped down she looked at the bundle her mouth agape. It was a tiny white and gray kit. “who’s kit is this? I need to tend to mine they need to tend to theirs.” white ` star hissed. a she with brown eyes and a flat gray pelt she hissed picking up her kit, white ` star scuffed forgetting to grab herself food she walked back to her kits smiling. the kits glared up at her their tail flicking, she scuffed laying down with them. “I’m fine, just a bit tired.” The she cat purrs. Her kits stared up at her, she sighed. “I’m gonna name you, after the warriors..” she mumbled “after your father or grandfather..
White` Star gazed back at the sky gazing at the bright stars twinkling overhead. As she watched the night sky she thought about the battle that she had just won. It may not have been her best match but the clan was able to survive, her Clanmates were safe. She smiled, as she gazed upon her children sleeping soundly beside her she couldn’t help but feel proud of them, but their battle with earthclan still remained, she lays drifting into sleep as her deputy has been ordered to watch the clan.chapter 5. ~eartclan surrender~
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it had been around seven moons her kits were now orca ` paw and daze ` paw, she dreaded the fact her kits were growing, she wanted them to stay little and innocent. she wasn’t worried though. she knew that whatever it was her kits were about to face wouldn’t last long. She had just recently found out that she was pregnant again. She had been so excited when the news came to her but also frightened by her situation. What if the clan turned against her, they wouldn’t want more mouths to feed, she scuffed “it seems that our situation is not well at the moment.” she whispered stroking her kits head. “but we’ll be alright, everything will work out eventually, it always does, we just need to find the courage to make things happen.” Her voice was soft and tender. A small noise made her raise her head slightly she could hear sniffing outside the cave “what is it?” wasp ` pelt came in with a smug face. “YOU DISGUSTING MOUSE BRAIN! HOW COULD YOU!” he spat grabbing the kits away from her their names were minnow ` kit and thunder ` kit. white ` stars brother ran in hissing. he grabbed wasp ` pelts tail. “Wasp ` pelt what!” white ` star hissed grabbing back minnow ` kit and thunder ` kit. “WE CANT HANDLE ANYMORE KITS!” wasp ` pelt spoke flicking snow ` paw into the wall snow ` paw screamed. “HOW DARE YOU THOUCH MY BROTHER!” white ` star hissed loudly standing over her kits her other kits running in hissing at their own father as snow ` paw stood up blood running from his head. the clan gathered as she pounced onto wasp ` pelt ripping out fur from his neck wasp ` pelt held his breath and soon came the final bite that ripped open his throught killing him. the clan started in horror. she grabbed wasps bloody body and threw it out eartclan invaded the area the elder and warrior stared the apprentices were gathered in their den shivering the moment earthclan came in they left in pure shock starclan was going to punish white ` star for killing another from their clan. star gasped as the clan surrounded the entrance growling and snarling they surrounded her as the moon rose slowly, their claws unsheathed as they circled around the camp. she trembled and whimpered she looked to where wasp` pelt’s body laid bleeding on the ground, she couldn’t bare to see it, she couldn’t bear to see his blood stained paws, his lifeless body, she couldn’t stand it. “NO, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME HERE!” white ` star hissed. “w-what h-have I done?-” she growled looking over at his body. tears slipped down her cheeks she buried her muzzle in her paws “PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME!” she yowled. the clan growled snarling at eachother as her cries echoed around them, they continued circling until a voice broke free of the crowd “you can’t kill her! let her go she did nothing wrong! all she did was protect me and her kits!” snow ` paw hissed standing in front of her sister. the rest of the clan stayed back watching intently at the scene unfold, the elders shifted back and forth debating whether to let her leave. snow ` paw took a step forward “if any harm comes to my sister or her kits I will never forgive you, you hurt her i will hunt you down every inch of land.” snow ` paw said “she saved my life aswell!” snow ` paw hissed causing the cats to back away and apologize sheathing their claws again. fox ` hollow hissed, “IM LEAVING YOU KILLED WASP ` PELT YOU MONSTER!” hollow fox yiped leaving thunderclan camp running across the thunderpath. winter` wolf chased after him with all the strength she could muster she ran after them her eyes wide with horror she saw the moon rise high above the forest the clan stopped for a moment, she watched her brother stare towards wasp` pelt’s body wasp` pelt had only just died. “pathetic cat.” snow ` paw mumbled and looked at mint ` vine the once small she cat who hoped to become a leader. “a-are you o-okay?” mint ` vine asked white ` star. she shook her head turning around she looked at wasp` pelt’s corpse a few drops of blood dripped down its neck she looked away and followed the clan back to their dens.
the next morning after making sure that everyone else was asleep chapter six ~white stars okay. . . hopefully.~
“c’mon kits you become apprentices today and your siblings. orca ` paw and daze ` paw. and snow ` paw your uncle finally becomes a warrior.” she scuffed looking out for mint ` vine, she stepped onto the high rock the moment a cat awoke. “ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO GATHER THEIR OWN PREY GATHER AROUND THE HIGHROCK FOR A CLAN MEETING.” she yowled waking the cats from their sleep as they begin to gather around. “today my kits orca paw and daze ` paw become warriors, orca paw you are now the age of twelve moons and will be named orca ` splash. daze ` paw you have now reached the age of twelve moons and you will receive your warrior name, you will be named. . . daze ` wisp. snow ` paw, you have aswell reached the age of twelve moons and you will receive your warrior name, you shall be named snow ` tail after our mother. now. . thunder ` kit and minnow ` kit have reached the age of six moons and will be called minnow ` paw and thunder ` paw until you receive your warrior names, and with due respect hollow ` fox has chosen to run away. so I must chose a new deputy. mint ` vine, I have seen your ups and your downs you are indeed worthy of this role, but my question is, will you protect this clan even at the cost of your life?” white ` star took a deep breath, looking down at mint ` vine. “I do.” mint ` vine exclaimed in a deep tone. “then you may join me on the highrock.” the she climbed her way to where the deputy sat. “clan dismissed.” white ` star huffed. Chapter 7 ~starclans victory ~
The sun shone brightly as it cast a beautiful orange glow in the sky. a faint purr rippled through the air as a breeze brushed past. It was a cold day however some clanmembers didn’t care. ” The clan consisted of five clans, the Thunderclan clan were known for attacking first and asking questions later, the Bloodsuckers clan loved to play dirty, and lastly, the Fire Clans. The Clan of FireClan was known for being one of the most powerful Clans ever created.
The clan of Fireclan would take anyone into consideration if they had the chance they would either turn them against their own clan members or take them captive and use them to attack. Their reputation was infamous and they lived a life of terror. However, the reason behind their cruelty wasn’t something any one clan member understood nor believed in.” the elder told the young kits whom had gathered at their paws. “well, I’m surprised the clan hasn’t over ridden me yet.” white ` star managed to speak while she was eating . “what do you mean, ‘over rode you’ you’re a leader you should know better than this, don’t underestimate us!” one of the older clanscat, an snoot by the looks of it barked. white ` star raised her chin staring directly at the warrior “and I don’t appreciate your attitude. If there’s one thing cats are good at it’s fighting, I’ve fought countless times. You don’t know the whole story, maybe when it’s time to talk to me, and your , we will talk.”
white ` star stood up walking off to somewhere else the cats were silent, the leader was right there and she wasn’t intimidated at all, well except by her arrogance. The rest of the elders went about gathering the clan to discuss things and decide on what to do with these rogues.
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i hope you enjoyed this story, i am happy you did and thank you for reading please comment what you think and share your thoughts :)
THIS FICTION OVER (look out for white ` stars dreams, its soon to come out)——————————————————————— “The wind whistled and blew in his ears. The moonlight illuminated the path he was following. The trees were still tall and majestic even after a hundred years. “
Ooh! I love warrior cats!
I love Warrior cats too! It’s my favorite series! My favorite character is Firestar. What about you?
Hi i’m 12 and i started writing a novel a few years ago. On page 80 right now, i really want to publish my novel but i fear i’m writing for no cause. I haven’t heard very often about published little kids so i need help please!
Hi Irida! Don’t be scared about that. There’s a good amount of publishers that would be pleased to publish an amazing book written by a tween like you. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of finding a publisher and a literary agent, you can simply self-publish. Many successful books were self-published.
Hope this helped! Happy writing!!
Shay
Hey I’m 11! I’m working on a book! I’ll read yours when it comes out! What’s it called?
Don’t worry! You’ll be fine. Think about making your family proud. I’m sure it’s a good book!
Hello, thanks for the insightful article. My son wrote a book at four years old in 2020. It is 100 percent his story. It’s sold internationally. Can you advise how to get him noted for his work with editorial publications? He is currently seven. His book is called Brighton’s Dino Adventures by Brighton McMillion 2020.
I checked out your son’s story. ADORABLE. Thanks for sharing!
Hi there, my name is Eve and I’m currently 12 years of age (13 in October). I’m educated in an other language than English, and I believe I am extremely behind in my English classes. My novel is coming on quite well, I’ve written 49 pages so far and 5 chapters have been complete. However, I’m losing quite a bit of my motivation and there’s many judgemental people in my class that are discouraging my writing. May someone provide me with motivation to write, possibly with the same experiences as me?
Please just stay confident! Sorry I don’t have similar experience but just know that I’m out here and I support u and any other authors like u! Write on, Great Author!
Stay confident!!! I support u! don’t listen to people who discourage u! Write on, Great Author (I know u r ;)
I’m wondering if I could publish a book in french or spanish and it could actually be accepted. Has about 40 pages right now and I’m 12.
Ashera, of course it can be published! It would be awesome if you did. Just because it is in a different language, that doesn’t mean it is a bad story. Write on, author!
I love that this is a place that authors encourage each other and support on another! You’ll be great, all of you!
Hi! I’m 11 years old,and I have some ideas for some fiction Animal books.The problem is that I’ve never written a chapter book before, I literally have no Idea how to start, how to introduce main characters, and how to get an Illustator and publisher…… If you could
give me some tips that would be really helpful!
– Amelia
Hey Amelia, thanks for reading the post! To start with, don’t worry about illustrators and publishers for now. Just write the story you want first. It doesn’t need to be good, just complete.
Just write! I am 12 and I am writing a goofy book about a boy and I try to make it funny (I hope it is!!!) My little sister read the first two chapters and said it was funny and good so YAY!!!! Anyways just write and introduce the characters as u go but make it casual. Just. Dont. Stress. It’s takes time to write a good book but I promise u that it’s worth it! U got this! Good luck!
Hi I am 12 years old, and I need help on how to make my story longer because I litteraly finished one chapter in half page.
Hey Jiya! Adding more details is definitely helpful. See which elements in your story need more description or maybe it needs more action :)
Ok thank you Mr. Salao!
Try search more about the character and analysis would of your novel
I am 12 too! So I wrote a ton of silly little books when I was a little kid (Im not saying u r) and I had the same problem as u: I had trouble making it long. So what u do or at least what I do is i make conversations longer if that’s what is included and u add little details that make the book longer. Like for example if I’m explaining where a dude lives then I can add in things like humor (if u want it to be funny that is) to make it longer. I hope this helped!
Add detail where it’s needed!
{I’m sorry for likely grammar mistakes, english is not my native language}
Heeeey I’m 11, (almost 12) and I have finished my fantasy novel (I could call it YA too). It’s 336 pages, 41 (kind of short) chapters (+the epilogue) and about 122.000 words. I’m interested on publishing it, even if I have MANY doubts. The problem is that in my country, there are not many (only 3) publishing houses that accept novels written by childs or teens.
I’m lucky because I don’t “suffer” by writer’s block, but I have many other problems…
Hi Beto, congratulations on finishing your book! That’s amazing! What language did you write your book? If it’s in English or if you could get it translated, that would open up a lot more publishing options in other countries :) You could also look for a literary agent in your country (or who represents authors in your country) who could help you find the right publisher and maybe even sell the foreign rights.
hi beto,
I’m writing a story too.
but instead of sending it to a publisher I am going to self publish it.
maybe you can try it. :)
Hello their another young author here I’m currently 11 aswell! I’m looking to publish my book white ` stars rule! But I’m giving it a break it 40,000 somthing words! And seven (some short some long) chapters I’m going to paste it here cuz why not? To all who decide to read pls enjoy!
Winter.
Snow falls lightly from the sky, the dark grey clouds above seem to be hiding something in the far distance. It’s late evening, about eight bells, which means there has been a full moon all day and there will be another tonight.
The two cats lay awake watching this new moon, they had seen a strange looking white thing near them earlier today, but neither of them paid any attention to it, both were too tired from hunting all afternoon. As they look up to look at each other, their eye catches a movement in one of their den’s branches, they watch as a small brown bird lands near them. The brown bird chirps softly before taking off again. They turn back towards the sky, only to catch another glimpse of movement from one of their den’s branches, they blink and look at each other. Their eyes narrow, a thought forms within their mind and they know where this came from. “could this be a sign that starclan has decided to lift the snow?-” a young apprentice walks out of their den stalking to the warriors flicking their tail, this is mint ` paw. the warrior turns around, “well- I’ll speak with our medicine cat to see what they say.” the warriors sighs and turns to face the apprentice. Their speaking caught the attention of white ` star, she walks over her tail flicking as she walks over leaving pawprints in the deep snow. “hello young warriors and apprentice, what’s the mew about?” she asked her tail beginning to speed up, her paws cold. the warriors tail began to flick. “we believe we have seen a sign.” the warrior spoke softly with the leader present his ears flick. “well I’ll suppose you speak to the medicine cat and sun high, and good night you must sleep we have patroles in the heavy snow at sun low.” the apprentice turned to face the leader “when will I be a warrior? it seems cool! mabey I’ll be a great leader like you!” white ` star flicked her tail noting the apprentices words. “well that’s great and your ceremony is tomorrow so get some sleep, rest up.” the leader spoke to the apprentice walking towards the warriors den.
the apprentice looks up seeing her brothers standing outside watching her, they jump down landing beside her, one of her brothers speaks “we heard the whole conversation, do you know if the Clan knows about it or not?” the apprentices brothers tails flick. “no one else seems to be aware yet but i can talk to them tomorrow, for now let’s go to sleep.” her voice lowers, “i want to meet starclan when i become a warrior!”Chapter 2
the next morning the clan gathers around the elders den, the clan was preparing for an upcoming battle. a long time ago there was a clan of foxes that stole the hearts of many kits. every year the kits leave, never returning. every kit lost has the same story; they are the last ones who remember, no matter how hard a mother tries to find her kit. the kits who don’t return eventually die. no one ever knows the reason why these kits would come back every spring, maybe because they knew a mother or maybe because they loved someone. this is until recently when one fox managed to escape. a few generations ago a powerful black tom took on this mission, a quest to bring back every single kit he could possibly take in. “all cats old enough to gather their own prey gather around, for a clan meeting.” white ` star yowled a stressed tone in her voice, the clan gathers the apprentices brother sitting along side her she looked up with stars in her eyes. “mint ` paw, you have reached the age of twelve moons, and with the name of my warrior ancestors your warrior name will be. . . mint ` vine. you have shown great respect, so you shall tale on the prefix of vine.” white ` star gleamed down at the newly named warrior, mint` vine, she smiled as her brothers patted her back with a smile aswell. “now with due respect, flame ` tail has passed and now hunts with starclan, I must chose a new deputy to take my place when I pass, fox hollow, I have seen your ups, and your down, will you promise to protect this clan until your last breath?” the back tom with a white ear looks up. “I do.” and with that they join her on the rock. “you have earned your place here, now you must prove yourself worthy of your place by becoming a leader.” white ` star smiles and begins to call a list off in her head.
“honestly i dont think any of us can keep secrets from her, so we need to work together to make this plan a successfulbusiness. ” flame ` heart spoke quietly. “clan dismissed.” white ` star coughs lightly. the clan disperses, most of the cats head home, except the apprentices who headed out to train. “i wonder how the clan has handled our disappearance for so long.
the group walked into camp slowly, the air was colder than usual, and it felt almost empty, except for one spot that was lit up. “starclan!” the apprentices cried happily and ran to the clearing and stopped short seeing the massive statue. “that is our new leader and councilor, Starclan please guide us!” the apprentices bowed respectfully in front of the large statue before making their way back to the camp. the new clan leader stood at the center of the clearing waiting for her new deputy to come out and greet her. the newest members of her clan stepped forward, the apprentices watched eagerly. “please rise now,” White ` Star said softly, her voice echoed through the clearing causing them all to stand up straight. “today, we meet to discuss the details and strategies for our battle against earthclan, after discussing and considering the battle plan, we shall meet again in half moon to continue planning.” the new leader sat herself back down on the stone seat.
the new apprentices looked at each other wondering what their mentors meant about the battle plans. ‘they’re going to start the battle tomorrow right!?!?!’ black ` paw ‘s thoughts rang through her mind. ‘we should prepare ourselves for a fight.’ she purred internally.
soon after the leaders announcement, the new campers begin to settle down in the clearing and soon fall asleep. The new campers are awoken very early by the sun, the sun shines bright and the grass is sparkling with dew.
‘morning everyone.’ Fire` heart says brightly to the young apprentices as she jumps over their nests and walks over to one of the fresh faced apprentices .
‘morning mentor.’ the new apprentice replies, Fire` heart gently licks their head with one of her soft pink tongues.
‘good morning.’ Fire` heart purrs as they sit up. ‘i’m sorry we couldn’t stay longer yesterday, the clan was very insistent on having an emergency meeting today.’ Fire` heart tells her, the apprentice nods ‘its alright, they seemed excited.’ they respond. Fire` heart sits down with the other apprentice and starts grooming them.
‘do you know what’s going to happen today?’ white ` star flicks her ear hearing the cats. “planning, I already have a plan i have the ally of riverclan.” the apprentice turns to face their leader. “I thought that riverclan hated you!” they ask shocked, their ears laid flat against their head. “yes they hate me, but we still plan to help you defeat earthclan, you will receive more training than you’ve been receiving.”
with that fireheart leaps onto the apprentices back “get ready to go.” he said jumping off the apprentices back.
they follow him to the fresh pile, he sets their nest aside and places their bedding next to them. ‘let’s start off with you getting some breakfast, there isn’t much food left in camp, so you need to eat lots.’ fireheart told the apprentice as he begins to stretch his legs.
Fireheart and the two apprentices set up a small campfire while the apprentices eat their fill. ‘now for battle tactics…’ fireheart begins. “remember we need stealth, and to use your surroundings wisely.” the apprentice nods, ‘how did the leader teach you about stealth.’ they look up to watch their mentor as she leads them along their route to the main battle ground, “she taught me to blend in, which was easy for a blind cat such as myself.” she stops, ‘ white ` star growled under breath smelling the approach of loners.Chapter 3
“ATTACK IS APPROACHING! HIDE YOUR KITS!” the clan scurrying in fear the last battle hadn’t gone well white ` star had lost many lives five to be exact.
she had tried everything she knew, but loners were always quicker then she expected, even the fastest cat in the clan was no match for those big, strong loners. she watches as loners push past the apprentices who run for cover; her clan mates run to safety and she sees the young kits running from her hiding place. she snarls to herself, she can tell the loners have spotted her, she crouches low hoping her clanmates won’t notice that she has abandoned them. ‘where am i supposed to hide when its full force?’ she thinks trying to come up with something to protect them when a shadow falls on her. she quickly stands up and turns around to see her former mate and loner leader standing there. “oh my stars…” she whispers under her breath as she takes a step backwards. ‘no…this can’t be happening! she thought,
“what, you don’t want to play anymore little kitten?” the loner leader growls lowly.
the old cat shook, terrified, she didn’t want to hurt him…he had given her life after all. he just had to kill her…but she wouldn’t let him have that satisfaction.. no.. she couldn’t die like this. she wouldn’t give up this easily, she needed to get away from him. ‘he won’t hurt me now, not if I can help it,’ white ` Star’s mind raced as she made her decision to run. she began to pace but soon turned pinning the tomcat hissing as she glanced around at the bloody battle she seen her brother laying still, breathing but limp. she couldn’t hold her anger and ripped into the rouge through ending them hissing loudly her tail lashing her eyes split into thin slim Dimond like shapes. blood spilled down the side of the rouges side as she hissed lunching herself at another ripping into their stomach, a rouge attacked her from behind she threw them into a wall, they hissed, standing weakly, as mint ` vine grabbed the rouge tossing them back to white ` star to Finnish the job. mint ` vine grabbed white ` stars brother helping them to the medicine den, white ` star hissed, another rouge watched in pure fear, “WHO DARES TO HURT WHOM I LOVE!?” white ` star yowled ripping into the rouge, the other rauge yowled yelling “THEIR STRONGER THIS TIME! RE TREATE!” they yowled pushing the others out of the way and into the open clearing. “YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT MOTHERS LONERS, WE WILL KILL YOU ALL BEFORE WE LET YOU TOUCH MY KITTENS!” white ` Star roared.
“YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU, HAVE DONE WHITE ` STAR!” Acorn roared looking at the dead rouges as he ran the other rouges that we left followed. white ` star yowled chasing after him. “MINNOW BRAIN OFF, WE ARE LEAVING!” Acorn shouted turning to face her.
Acorn was able to outrun white ` Star who was now sprinting after him. She yowled launching herself at him. “YOU DON’T DESERVE TO LIVE ALIVE ACORN, WHY WOULD YOU EVER HELP THE RUSHING WATER CLANS!” she yowled tearing into his sides as she jumped off his back. “MY PARENTS WERE RIGHT TO KILL YOU!” she hissed, her jaws dripping with blood. she panted as the other rouges looked back, pure fear in their faces. Acorn scuffed trying to stand blood spilling from his sides. “your lucky I’m going to help you, it’s not the warriors way.” white ` star, spoke trying to lift up Acorn her wounds bleed, Acorn nodded trying to hold his anger as the area quieted down they had won. Alderberry`s voice called to them, “come on you’re going home.” he said walking over to them. He carefully picked Acorn up as he helped White` star walk to where the rest of her clan members were waiting. Acorn whimpered in pain every time they moved too fast while carrying him on their back. “a-are you okay white ` star?” snow ` paw her younger brother looked up at her from the small nest. “thank the stars your alright!” white ` star mowed happily, dropping Acorn on the ground. White` star limped over to them and began nuzzling her siblings. Acorn slowly opened his eyes, he took a moment to remember that he was safe, he could relax now. Acorn looked around, he didn’t know if the fight would be enough to keep his clan safe, he was scared. White` star noticed her brothers expression and nudged him softly. “it’ll be okay, we’re all here now.” she reassured him.
“we’re almost there, just a few more minutes.” Alderberry said as he walked towards the elders den.
once they had arrived everyone rushed towards Acorn, he was still bleeding heavily and he started trembling. The clan immediately gathered round him. They all sat with him on the floor as he curled himself into a ball. He didn’t feel comfortable being surrounded by his whole clan. His breathing quickened. “this is Acorn, treat him with respect.” white ` star hissed “he will be joining us.” a young she cat spoke “BUT HE HURT OWR CLANMATES.” thus she cat was flame ` petal. “HE WILL BE JOINING US HE IS MY BROTHER!” “s-sorry white ` star, ma` am.” Fire ` petal mewed. White ` star purred “we are all family, none of us are going anywhere, now please take care of our injured kit-like tom.” she meowed looking around. “of course leader.” a she cat named ‘breeze` spoke before moving towards white ` stars kit-like sibling.
“hey, what happened to you? why did you attack us?” breeze ` spoke said quietly. “it was a choice, a hard one. . . our father forced it around us, as kits.” Acorn continued “white ` star thinks he’s dead. . I’m glad to be here.” Acorn glanced at the kits with their mother laying next to him in the medicine den. “they need some more food.” white ` star stated gently. “I know you must be hungry as well.” white ` Star added, “can we have some more catnip mouse and milk for our kits?” Frost was a kit once but now she was only a couple moons older then Acorn. She didn’t like Acorn being in their camp, Acorn glanced at white ` star, she looked, different? bigger? she looked like she was carrying kits Acorn was stunned. “what’s wrong?” breeze ` spoke looked at Acorn who was looking at his sister. “is s-she?-” Acorn slammed white ` star glared at him “what?” she scuffed her mate walking in behind her locking her cheek, “hello, you must be white ` stars other, brother.” wasp ` pelt scuffed. “yes, I’m his sister.” white ` star replied, “well are our kits okay white ` star?” wasp ` pelt spoke sternly. “well my stomach was untouched so, yes.” this proved that Acorn new why she looked. . . different. chapter 4
-^moons pass^-
wasp ` pelt looks spooked, Acorn was renamed Acorn ` heart, “OH MY STARCLAN!-” wasp ` pelt looked scared as he spoke. “what’s going on?-” Acorn stepped closer to wasp ` pelt. “WHITE ` STARS HAVING KITS!” wasp ` pelt mewed loudly getting the attention of the clan. “she is?!” Acorn bellowed. “Yes, she’s been sick for a long time, she just hasn’t told any of us, even her own brother!” wasp ` pelt exclaimed “and she doesn’t eat anymore, I don’t even know how many kits she has right now!” he finished angrily “why didn’t she tell you?!” Acorn growled. white ` stars POV; ‘I woke slowly feeling exhausted, my paws felt heavy and sore but I kept my eyes closed knowing I was about to kit I lay quietly my eyes closed I ear the clan meowing about wast happening I hiss under my breath while the medicine cat grabs juniper berry’s to ease my pain, all I can think about is my kits and mate I heat my brother speaking to his freinds and my mate speaking with acorn.’ breeze ` spoke, handed the she the juniper berry’s patting her back huffing as wast ` pelt races in Acorn soon following. “whats happening?!” wasp ` pelt demanded
whispers and whispers filled the forest The clan looked around panicked their ears flattened against their heads. “whats happening?!?!” wast` pelt asked louder “White` stars kitties….” wind ` mewed nervously. “oh no…” wast` pelt murmured Wasp ` pelt was about to start asking again when white ` star stood up and began shouting “ALL OF YOU OUT! GET BACK TO YOUR CLEARING RIGHT NOW!” the clan scattered running off in different directions. White ` stars breathing became unsteady, her mate glaring into the den, she felt a sudden pain.
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it had been a moon before she had left the den for food, she looked this now, kits could be heard crying when she left the den wasp ` pelt comforted his kits smiling. White` star walked slowly into the forest, her belly swollen and sore, yet happy. As she neared the clearing she saw the clan gathered round something lying on the ground she padded to the center and dropped down she looked at the bundle her mouth agape. It was a tiny white and gray kit. “who’s kit is this? I need to tend to mine they need to tend to theirs.” white ` star hissed. a she with brown eyes and a flat gray pelt she hissed picking up her kit, white ` star scuffed forgetting to grab herself food she walked back to her kits smiling. the kits glared up at her their tail flicking, she scuffed laying down with them. “I’m fine, just a bit tired.” The she cat purrs. Her kits stared up at her, she sighed. “I’m gonna name you, after the warriors..” she mumbled “after your father or grandfather..
White` Star gazed back at the sky gazing at the bright stars twinkling overhead. As she watched the night sky she thought about the battle that she had just won. It may not have been her best match but the clan was able to survive, her Clanmates were safe. She smiled, as she gazed upon her children sleeping soundly beside her she couldn’t help but feel proud of them, but their battle with earthclan still remained, she lays drifting into sleep as her deputy has been ordered to watch the clan.chapter 5. ~eartclan surrender~
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it had been around seven moons her kits were now orca ` paw and daze ` paw, she dreaded the fact her kits were growing, she wanted them to stay little and innocent. she wasn’t worried though. she knew that whatever it was her kits were about to face wouldn’t last long. She had just recently found out that she was pregnant again. She had been so excited when the news came to her but also frightened by her situation. What if the clan turned against her, they wouldn’t want more mouths to feed, she scuffed “it seems that our situation is not well at the moment.” she whispered stroking her kits head. “but we’ll be alright, everything will work out eventually, it always does, we just need to find the courage to make things happen.” Her voice was soft and tender. A small noise made her raise her head slightly she could hear sniffing outside the cave “what is it?” wasp ` pelt came in with a smug face. “YOU DISGUSTING MOUSE BRAIN! HOW COULD YOU!” he spat grabbing the kits away from her their names were minnow ` kit and thunder ` kit. white ` stars brother ran in hissing. he grabbed wasp ` pelts tail. “Wasp ` pelt what!” white ` star hissed grabbing back minnow ` kit and thunder ` kit. “WE CANT HANDLE ANYMORE KITS!” wasp ` pelt spoke flicking snow ` paw into the wall snow ` paw screamed. “HOW DARE YOU THOUCH MY BROTHER!” white ` star hissed loudly standing over her kits her other kits running in hissing at their own father as snow ` paw stood up blood running from his head. the clan gathered as she pounced onto wasp ` pelt ripping out fur from his neck wasp ` pelt held his breath and soon came the final bite that ripped open his throught killing him. the clan started in horror. she grabbed wasps bloody body and threw it out eartclan invaded the area the elder and warrior stared the apprentices were gathered in their den shivering the moment earthclan came in they left in pure shock starclan was going to punish white ` star for killing another from their clan. star gasped as the clan surrounded the entrance growling and snarling they surrounded her as the moon rose slowly, their claws unsheathed as they circled around the camp. she trembled and whimpered she looked to where wasp` pelt’s body laid bleeding on the ground, she couldn’t bare to see it, she couldn’t bear to see his blood stained paws, his lifeless body, she couldn’t stand it. “NO, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME HERE!” white ` star hissed. “w-what h-have I done?-” she growled looking over at his body. tears slipped down her cheeks she buried her muzzle in her paws “PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME!” she yowled. the clan growled snarling at eachother as her cries echoed around them, they continued circling until a voice broke free of the crowd “you can’t kill her! let her go she did nothing wrong! all she did was protect me and her kits!” snow ` paw hissed standing in front of her sister. the rest of the clan stayed back watching intently at the scene unfold, the elders shifted back and forth debating whether to let her leave. snow ` paw took a step forward “if any harm comes to my sister or her kits I will never forgive you, you hurt her i will hunt you down every inch of land.” snow ` paw said “she saved my life aswell!” snow ` paw hissed causing the cats to back away and apologize sheathing their claws again. fox ` hollow hissed, “IM LEAVING YOU KILLED WASP ` PELT YOU MONSTER!” hollow fox yiped leaving thunderclan camp running across the thunderpath. winter` wolf chased after him with all the strength she could muster she ran after them her eyes wide with horror she saw the moon rise high above the forest the clan stopped for a moment, she watched her brother stare towards wasp` pelt’s body wasp` pelt had only just died. “pathetic cat.” snow ` paw mumbled and looked at mint ` vine the once small she cat who hoped to become a leader. “a-are you o-okay?” mint ` vine asked white ` star. she shook her head turning around she looked at wasp` pelt’s corpse a few drops of blood dripped down its neck she looked away and followed the clan back to their dens.
the next morning after making sure that everyone else was asleep chapter six ~white stars okay. . . hopefully.~
“c’mon kits you become apprentices today and your siblings. orca ` paw and daze ` paw. and snow ` paw your uncle finally becomes a warrior.” she scuffed looking out for mint ` vine, she stepped onto the high rock the moment a cat awoke. “ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO GATHER THEIR OWN PREY GATHER AROUND THE HIGHROCK FOR A CLAN MEETING.” she yowled waking the cats from their sleep as they begin to gather around. “today my kits orca paw and daze ` paw become warriors, orca paw you are now the age of twelve moons and will be named orca ` splash. daze ` paw you have now reached the age of twelve moons and you will receive your warrior name, you will be named. . . daze ` wisp. snow ` paw, you have aswell reached the age of twelve moons and you will receive your warrior name, you shall be named snow ` tail after our mother. now. . thunder ` kit and minnow ` kit have reached the age of six moons and will be called minnow ` paw and thunder ` paw until you receive your warrior names, and with due respect hollow ` fox has chosen to run away. so I must chose a new deputy. mint ` vine, I have seen your ups and your downs you are indeed worthy of this role, but my question is, will you protect this clan even at the cost of your life?” white ` star took a deep breath, looking down at mint ` vine. “I do.” mint ` vine exclaimed in a deep tone. “then you may join me on the highrock.” the she climbed her way to where the deputy sat. “clan dismissed.” white ` star huffed. Chapter 7 ~starclans victory ~
The sun shone brightly as it cast a beautiful orange glow in the sky. a faint purr rippled through the air as a breeze brushed past. It was a cold day however some clanmembers didn’t care. ” The clan consisted of five clans, the Thunderclan clan were known for attacking first and asking questions later, the Bloodsuckers clan loved to play dirty, and lastly, the Fire Clans. The Clan of FireClan was known for being one of the most powerful Clans ever created.
The clan of Fireclan would take anyone into consideration if they had the chance they would either turn them against their own clan members or take them captive and use them to attack. Their reputation was infamous and they lived a life of terror. However, the reason behind their cruelty wasn’t something any one clan member understood nor believed in.” the elder told the young kits whom had gathered at their paws. “well, I’m surprised the clan hasn’t over ridden me yet.” white ` star managed to speak while she was eating . “what do you mean, ‘over rode you’ you’re a leader you should know better than this, don’t underestimate us!” one of the older clanscat, an snoot by the looks of it barked. white ` star raised her chin staring directly at the warrior “and I don’t appreciate your attitude. If there’s one thing cats are good at it’s fighting, I’ve fought countless times. You don’t know the whole story, maybe when it’s time to talk to me, and your , we will talk.”
white ` star stood up walking off to somewhere else the cats were silent, the leader was right there and she wasn’t intimidated at all, well except by her arrogance. The rest of the elders went about gathering the clan to discuss things and decide on what to do with these rogues.
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i hope you enjoyed this story, i am happy you did and thank you for reading please comment what you think and share your thoughts :)
THIS FICTION OVER (look out for white ` stars dreams, its soon to come out)——————————————————————— “The wind whistled and blew in his ears. The moonlight illuminated the path he was following. The trees were still tall and majestic even after a hundred years. ” :>
Hello. I’m an eleven-years-old author and I’m working on my first book, ‘all secrets she didn’t know’. I think perfectionism doesn’t let me continue and I really don’t know what should I do. When I write my book, I feel everything is wrong about that.
Hi Scarlet, congratulations on writing a book! You’re not alone in feeling like your work isn’t good enough. Many writers struggle with perfectionism, and we actually have a post on it that you might find helpful :) You can find it here.
Hey there! I’m a 15 yr old author and I feel the same way about perfectionism. You are SO not alone, and so very, very valid! I feel like my constant struggle is that once I get far enough along in a story, I start comparing it to other people’s work and get really stuck. I also start thinking that I did everything wrong, and other people could do it so much better. Would you tell me more about what your perfectionism looks/feels like? Maybe we could be writer friends and help each other out :)
Hello! I am 11 turning 12 soon, and i am 2/3 of the way through my novel! It’s about cats, and i have 21 chapters, 22,006 words and 94 pages. I seem to be getting writers block a lot, which is annoying, and i was wondering if anyone has any tips? I have been writing this for 2 years, but i have written around 17,000 of the word count since January. Anyway, that’s all.
Hi Ambi, that’s so amazing that you’ve already written so much! :) We actually have a post on how to overcome writer’s block that you might find helpful :)
Thank you! those tips really do help. I have now hit page 99 and a word count of 23,087 :D
I think my main problem is I’m exhausted, despite having an early night of 10:30 pm yesterday. Anyway, thanks for the help!
P.S. do you know how to balance writing between school, a million dance classes and art practice? (I’m not expecting an answer, just saying that i only get about 3 nights of writing per week.)
Just write whenever you can. At night, early on the morning, writing on a notebook at school, during the breaks, and re-writing whatever you wrote on the computer, so you’re not going to spend your time thinking what you’re going to write next.
Hi Ambi, I agree with Beto’s advice below. Don’t feel like you have to sit down and write for hours straight. Even if you just have 15 mins in the morning or 30 mins before bed, squeezing it in whenever you have some free time will get you far over time. Just be sure to prioritize school! :)
Like Kaelyn said, prioritize school, but set personal goals. Try writing 100 words per day if you can. By setting a goal, you can make it habit. Also, you might try to take a break from your novel, and write a short story or two instead, just to take a break for a while.