Writing irresistible kidlit The ultimate guide to crafting fiction for young adult and middle grade readers
Book - 2012
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Cincinnati, Ohio : Newton Abbot :
Writer's Digest Books ; F&W Media International
©2012.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xvi, 286 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781599635767
- Foreward
- Chapter 1. Kidlit Market Overview
- Your Readers
- Kidlit Then
- ...and Kidlit Now
- Blockbuster Thinking
- The Popularity of Series
- Changes and Opportunities
- Choosing an Audience
- The Middle Grade Marketplace
- The Young Adult Marketplace
- Understanding Your Reader
- Chapter 2. The MG and YA Mindset
- Inside The Mind of Your Middle Grade Reader
- Inside The Mind of Your Young Adult Reader
- Chapter 3. What's the Big Idea?
- Originality and New Ideas
- Defining Commercial Novels
- Loglines from the Shelves
- How I've been Baited
- Thinking Big
- Chapter 4. Storytelling Foundations
- Starting a Story
- Balancing Action and Information
- Tense and POV
- Chapter 5. Character
- The Hero's Journey and Introducing a Character
- Make Me Care: Character Objective and Conflict
- Sidekicks and Villains and Everyone in Between
- Chapters, Scenes, and Beats
- Character Growth and Change
- Chapter 6. Plot
- A Lesson in Plot Structure
- Developing Stakes and Tension
- Using Backstory and Withholding
- Subplots and the Muddy Middle
- The Climax and Ending
- Chapter 7. Advanced Kidlit
- Imagery and Setting
- Word Choice and Voice
- Theme, Big Ideas, and Big Questions
- Authority and Authenticity
- Chapter 8. A Career in Kidlit
- Getting a Literary Agent
- Querying and Submitting Your Work
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- Index