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Tag Archives: kidlit
Outlining Your Kidlit Novel
It doesn’t matter what age you write for, writers will always debate whether it’s better to be a plotter or a pantser. A plotter is someone who outlines their novel completely before beginning to write it (sometimes overly so); a pantser is someone who “writes by the seat of their pants,” completely winging their novel.Continue reading “Outlining Your Kidlit Novel”
Using Fairy Tales in Your KidLit Novel
Let’s take a tour of fairy tale techniques and use them in our own work!
How to Use a Mind Map to Outline Your KidLit Novel
It doesn’t matter what gets you started, so long as something does. But the real trouble is how to develop the idea into something more.
Let’s Talk About Dialogue: Tags and Beats
As an editor, I see a lot of new writers attempt to break their dialogue up with beats. Beats are handy for adding rhythm to the dialogue and forcing natural pauses where you want action to happen, but when you use them incorrectly they become a burden on the reader, and, before it even gets there, the editor.
Using Objects to Enhance Your KidLit Novel
Let’s talk about objects and how they can enhance your stories. Objects can help being characters and worlds off the page.
An Interview with Lisa Frenkel Riddiough
A poignant middle-grade story about loss and finding family from the point of view of a newly adopted kitten
🎧Genre VRS Audience in KidLit
I could say this with a single sentence but I plan to go on a tangent. Young Adult and Middle Grade are not genres of children’s literature.
But they have their own sections at the bookstore.
No kidding. Kids have their own sections at the department store too, but it’s not meant to do anything other than dictate what sizes the pants are.
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Latest Interviews From All By My Shelf
I try to interview at least one author a month. Give these great interviews a listen and then make sure to purchase these books so you can study them on your own Writing Journey.