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Children's So Close but so Far: Switching Between Middle-Grade and Young Adult Fiction

Author Jacqueline West discusses the three main keys for switching between writing middle-grade and young adult fiction.

Jacqueline West

Character In Spooky Stories, Middle-Grade Villains Are the Best Villains T.C. Kemper

Children's Writing Around the Thing in Fiction Sarah Guillory

Children's Daniel Pinkwater, Alan Mendelsohn, and Why I Write Books for Children Jed Alexander

Children's Writing Effective Emotions for Pre-Teen Readers Sherry Shahan

Mystery/Thriller A Conversation With Lauren Myracle on Breaking the Rules by Writing Across Ages and Genres (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

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