When writing a middle grade story, it’s important to use the same practices as when writing a novel. The first thing is to write a detailed outline. Along with the outline, creating unique characters is important.
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Writing Dialogue? Try These 5 Top Tips
A key factor of dialogue is the relationships between the characters.
How a boy talks to his brother will be different than how he talks to a girl, especially one he likes.
Self-Publishing a Book – End of the Formatting Process
I’ve written about my process of self-publishing a book. This is the third instructional article in a four-part series. While I’ve ghostwritten a lot of children’s books, I haven’t followed the process after that. I have done some illustration reviews, but usually, I hand the polished manuscript to my client with a list of illustrators…
Self-Publishing a Book – Formatting
As a children’s book ghostwriter, I provide my clients with a list of reasonably priced illustrators, but I just couldn’t find book formatters. Or, more likely, I didn’t understand the process. I’ve read a lot of self-publishing articles and they explain where to find an illustrator but NOT ONE OF THEM went into getting your…
When Is It Time to Let Your Manuscript Fly?
A manuscript if a funny thing. It seems it can be revised, edited, and proofed indefinitely.Then you get to a point where you think it might finally be there. But, as every good writer should do, you go over it yet again.
The Hardest Part of Writing is Actually Starting
The hardest part of writing will most likely be different for different writers. Many, though, have a hard time getting started. These writers know they want to write a story. They may have a character in mind or an idea for a storyline. The problem is getting started. To actually sit and write a beginning,…
2 Book Marketing Must Do Elements
I’ve been reading a lot of articles on book marketing and this led me to think more and more about what happens to my clients when I’m done with the manuscript. While doing-it-yourself on Amazon is an option to create an ebook, the majority of my clients prefer to have it done for them. This…
One Last Edit – Rethink Before Submitting
Contributed by Linda Wilson Can you look through your completed book without making any changes? I tried it after thinking I had finished up the basic editing and even the polishing. There couldn’t possibly be anything more to “fix,” thought me. Wrong. I found more changes, important changes, many changes. Throwing caution to the wind,…
5 Common Themes in Children’s Writing
I have children’s ghostwriting clients from all over the world and below is what I’ve noticed in regard to themes in children’s writing. Keep in mind that my clients include doctors, therapists, dentists, teachers, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and business owners. I’ve even had adult children who wanted to turn their a story their father…
Your Story Should Be Like a Roller Coaster
I’ve noticed that people who want to write a story, but are new to the arena, don’t understand what ‘s involved in writing a good story. I’ve seen lots of drafts that are cute, but they have no story arc. They’re a series of related events or incidents … they’re not a full story. Another…