Writing Irresistible Kidlit The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers

Name: Writing Irresistible Kidlit The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers
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ISBN: 9781599635767

ISBN-10: 1599635763

ISBN-13: 9781599635767

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mary Kole

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This text focuses heavily on aspects of the kidlit writing craft, pulls from the dynamic and constantly evolving canon of today's best children fiction, and is filled with writing exercises and challenges.

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.39" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Foreward



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



The MG and YA Mindset


Inside The Mind of Your Middle Grade Reader


Inside The Mind of Your Young Adult Reader



What's the Big Idea?


Originality and New Ideas


Defining Commercial Novels


Loglines from the Shelves


How I've been Baited


Thinking Big



Storytelling Foundations


Starting a Story


Balancing Action and Information


Tense and POV



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



Plot


A Lesson in Plot Structure


Developing Stakes and Tension


Using Backstory and Withholding


Subplots and the Muddy Middle


The Climax and Ending



Advanced Kidlit


Imagery and Setting


Word Choice and Voice


Theme, Big Ideas, and Big Questions


Authority and Authenticity



A Career in Kidlit


Getting a Literary Agent


Querying and Submitting Your Work



Conclusion


Index