So guys, I saw that we can crreate groups now. Anyone think maybe we should create a MG Writers group?
first person works all the way from picture book up to adult. The thing about first person is that it turns a book into one about character and voice, first and foremost. If your character has a strong, unique, highly individual voice, then first person makes it sing.
Examples: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, JUNIE B. JONES, THE LIGHTNING THIEF, JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWS THE KEY, CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY, ELLA ENCHANTED, THE GRADUATION OF JAKE MOON. I could go on and on.
In fact, I could think of so many first person kid's books off the top of my head, that it worries me a little you would have to ask that question. It suggests to me that you need to run, not walk, to your local library. If you haven't read much of what is being published these days, you're really missing out on some incredible writing.
Add BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE to the first-person list. I'm sure I'll think of lots more.
So guys, I saw that we can crreate groups now. Anyone think maybe we should create a MG Writers group?
I have a question for all you MG experts. My previous four novels were written for adults, but I just finished a rough draft on a “Little House on the Prairie’ level novel that could be read by the child or read-to by a parent. My question is about dialog tags. In adult fiction, these are often omitted, and the reader assumes the speaker changes with each indentation. This is not possible when the book is read to a child. Should I add dialog tags for every speaker?
That's all for MG books? Are they still called novels? Is there any MG market for fiction that doesn't have a fantasy element. I'm writing an adventure story with a 10-year-old MC, but by-in-large it is an adventure story.
If anyone has some pointers, could you point me to some MG adventure stories?