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“Write what you know,” is an excellent starting place for writers. But to that advice, I would add, “Write what you wish you didn’t.”
Let’s continue to shine as many lights as we can on middle grade books and their authors. Read their books. Recommend them to your friends. Post reviews online. Talk about them.
Stories enable readers to connect with and learn from the healing power of forgiveness. To see and understand its benefits. Stories enable readers to see themselves on the page. Give them an opportunity to practice the art of forgiving.
Why Every Middle Grade School Should Have Their Own Table Titans Club, a guest post by Scott Kurtz
|Tabletop RPGs, by design, encourage social interaction, problem solving and conflict resolution.
Join us for a cover reveal and learn about Giddy, who vows to spend 11 days doing the opposite of everything she would normally do.
In UNSTUCK Ms. Bowman suggests various strategies for overcoming writer’s block. My hope is that kids will try some of these strategies the next time they’re “stuck” in their writing
Various moments in these middle-grade stories help readers of any age to appreciate all that comes with growing up and the factors that affect young people’s well-being and school experiences.
Cultivating a story idea into a fully realized story is always an unexpected journey. It starts with the wish of a story idea, of what it can be. Then it blossoms into the best laid plans, the outline. After that? That’s the magic.
Gamification and great mystery stories are two elements effective at engaging and inspiring young readers.
I am so proud of The Someday Daughter. Not because it came to me easily, but because I confronted so many parts of myself in its creation.
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