Welcome! Thank you for coming back for Part Three of my series: Solutions for Writing Middle-Grade Characters. In this post, I’ve added three more solutions, with this week’s focus being on verbal development. Unlike the dialogue-focused article, this week I shift direction more toward how children grow and change over time as they age. I …
Step #1: The idea phase We all have to start out somewhere. Usually, it’s just a small idea floating around in the subconscious. Sometimes you see something that sparks and idea. Maybe it’s an epiphany. But, wherever your inspiration comes from, it tends to start with one thing and then spread out from there. Write …
You type “The End” and click save on your manuscript. You’ve just finished your novel. Maybe it’s even your first ever novel. Maybe you express yourself with a satisfied grin, a whoop-out-loud cheer, or perhaps you heave a sigh of relief. But what comes next? Step #1: Take your novel as far as you can before …
Welcome back for Part Two of my series: Solutions for Writing Middle-Grade Characters for three more helpful tools to get your child character just right. As with the previous post, this article focuses on middle-grade characters, but you can generalize many of these tips to younger kids and teens. To see Solutions #1 through 5, …
With first-person point of view, it’s often relatively easy to write a close perspective compared to third person. With third-person-limited point of view, it’s quite possible to do, but third person comes with a few common pitfalls, namely head hopping or accidental shifts into omniscient POV. If done well, third person limited can feel as …
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