Middle Grade Fiction with Tonya Duncan Ellis

Author Your Dream

English - May 25, 2022 11:42 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB
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Middle grade fiction requires a slighgly different approach than other genres. During the episode, we discuss mindsets, where to find inspiration, and how to handle mature topics. Hint very carefully. If you have a dream of writing a middle grade book this episode is going to be a great starting point for you.

Highlights:

03:10 Tonya's Author Journey

08:14 About the Sophie Washington series

11:45 Defining Middle Grade books

15:10 Mindset for this audience

19:02 If you don't have kids

21:07 Beats to include

28:14 Finding ideas

30:51 Handling mature topics

34:01 Beta readers

37:27 Recommended authors to read

39:20 Suggestions for writing middle grade

44:18 Author Action Point

Check out https://authoryourdream.com/episode/middle-grade-fiction/ for more.

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