Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
Lou Piccolo
19 episodes
1 week ago
What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
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What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
Bonus: Get to Know Your Ideal Reader with Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie
Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
11 minutes
1 month ago
Bonus: Get to Know Your Ideal Reader with Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie
In this bonus episode, I will take the eight key questions we looked at in the last episode on how to get to know the ideal middle-grade reader for your novel, and apply them to Kate DiCamillo's middle-grade novel Because of Winn-Dixie. This episode will show you what the process of fleshing out your ideal middle-grade reader looks like in action, and how it can connect your readers to your protagonist and the theme of your story, turning them into your book's biggest fan. If you ...
Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
What's more important for your novel: great language or great story? If you answered 'great story', you've got it right! While great language is important too, it won't carry your story idea through a full-length middle-grade novel and, by itself, it's not a story. If you submit a novel to an agent without solid story structure, it will be rejected. If you think your novel lacks structure, in this episode, I cover: why so many writers make the mistake of choosing langu...
