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Creating Great Characters & Relationships in Middle Grade and Young Adult OnDemand Webinar

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Creating Great Characters & Relationships in Middle Grade and Young Adult OnDemand WebinarYou'll Love This OnDemand Webinar If: You are actively querying agents and publishers with a pre teen or teen novel You want to make the jump from writing adult or genre novels to the kidlit market You aren't sure about where your novel writing fits into the middle grade and young adult spectrum You have always wanted to try writing a children's novel, whether for publication or as a keepsake You struggle with characterization, scene, or relationship

You'll Love This OnDemand Webinar If:

  • You are actively querying agents and publishers with a pre-teen or teen novel
  • You want to make the jump from writing adult or genre novels to the kidlit market
  • You aren't sure about where your novel writing fits into the middle grade and young adult spectrum
  • You have always wanted to try writing a children's novel, whether for publication or as a keepsake
  • You struggle with characterization, scene, or relationship
  • You want to improve your pitches and hooks
  • You want to take the next step toward publication in the pre-teen and teen market

Middle grade and young adult novels are the hottest markets in children's books today. If you want to write novels for readers aged 9-12 (middle grade) or 13+ (young adult), you'll need to focus on your characterizations first and foremost, because these voracious readers love bonding with protagonists. Because character is so important to the middle grade and teen novels market,if you want to succeed, that is,this entire 90-minute session is devoted to developing your protagonist, giving them a formidable nemesis, and giving any romance in your book that spark that will draw in your audience.

Successfully hooking an agent (and readers) with your writing takes knowing how to develop characters and make them interact in exciting ways, especially if you want to tackle the extremely popular topic of teen romance. Learn what the middle grade and young adult audiences are looking for, what agents and editors like to see in this marketplace, and how you can capitalize on these needs. You'll also learn how to make your project and pitch irresistible so you can take the next step toward publication.

Download this online webinar today and start creating great characters and relationships for middle grade and young adult fiction!

In This OnDemand Webinar You'll Learn:

  • The essential elements of books written for pre-teen and teen readers
  • What your audience wants from characters and relationships
  • Why romance is so important in the teen market, and how to create great chemistry
  • How to memorably introduce your characters in scene
  • What makes for a thrilling and chilling antagonist
  • Specific guidelines for writing middle grade and young adult
  • How to make your pitch absolutely irresistible
  • What separates an aspiring writer from a contracted author in this field

About Mary Kole:

Mary Kole (kidlit.com, @kid_lit) is a Senior Literary Manager with Movable Type Management (movableTM.com). She's also on the hunt for exceptional picture books, especially from accomplished author/illustrators. She has sold books to HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Random House, Marshall Cavendish, and Arthur A. Levin's imprint at Scholastic, among others. Mary reads submissions for tween and teen novels all day long and will tell you exactly what works and what doesn't when you're approaching this exciting, creative, and fulfilling niche in publishing.

Kole has also led online webinars on writing kidlit stories, and selling young adult or middle grade fiction novels.

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Writer's Digest does not offer any refunds for the webinar. All sales are final. OnDemand webinars do not include a critique.

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What a wonderful story. Nora and Fallon were meant to be together, although it took them forever to figure it out. The MC’s were well developed and described, and the scenery was detailed beautifully. This is the first book I’ve read by this author, but it certainly won’t be the last. Well done. I received an ARC from NetGalley, and am leaving this review voluntarily.
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"Firecamp" by Jaycie Morrison is a second-chance sapphic romance that includes an emotionally-charged slow burn romance and a time-jump. MCs Nora and Fallon come from very different circumstances, but are thrown together along with six other women at Firecamp where they all must work to help mitigate wildfires. Both emotionally immature and carrying their own baggage, Nora and Fallon's young romance ends with a bang. Ten years later, with their careers leading the way, they are forced back together. What follows is a slow burn, second-chance romance that is less naive but no less passionate. This was my first book by Jaycie Morrison, but it definitely won't be my last. I really enjoyed the way she developed Nora & Fallon independently and together as well as the "side action" that we saw with Nora's family, especially her younger brother Tyler. I was initially drawn to the story because it was set in the Colorado wildfire scene & I loved how that was portrayed. Thank you NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the eARC.
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I wanted to like this one a lot more than I did. A sapphic romance set in the wilderness doing fire mitigation is right up my alley, but Firecamp just didn't hit the mark for me. The pacing was clunky, and ultimately I was left frustrated wondering when it would end. The author went into way too much detail chronicling the itty bitty events, and didn't spend nearly enough time on the MCs actual personal growth or relationship. It often felt like "well they're together because they're supposed to be." All in all, I feel bad leaving a negative review because we need more sapphic stories BUT I do feel like this could have benefitted from some more story-specific editing, not just grammar/spelling.
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