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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Kidlit Market Overview
Your Readers
Kidlit Then …
… And Kidlit Now
Blockbuster Thinking
The Popularity of Series
Changes and Opportunities
Choosing an Audience
The Middle Grade Marketplace
The Young Adult Marketplace
Understanding Your Reader
Chapter 2: The MG and YA Mindset
Inside The Mind of Your Middle Grade Reader
Inside The Mind of Your Young Adult Reader
Chapter 3: What’s the Big Idea?
Originality and New Ideas
Defining Commercial Novels
Loglines from The Shelves
How I’ve Been Baited
Thinking Big
Chapter 4: Storytelling Foundations
Starting a Story
Balancing Action and Information
Tense and Pov
Chapter 5: Character
The Hero’s Journey and Introducing a Character
Make me Care: Character Objective and Conflict
Sidekicks and Villains and Everyone in Between
Chapters, Scenes, and Beats
Character Growth and Change
Chapter 6: Plot
A Lesson in Plot structure
Developing Stakes and Tension
Using Backstory and Withholding
Subplots and The Muddy Middle
The Climax and Ending
Chapter 7: Advanced Kidlit
Imagery and Setting
Word Choice and Voice
Theme, Big Ideas, and Big Questions
Authority and Authenticity
Chapter 8: A Career in Kidlit
Getting a Literary Agent
Querying and Submitting Your Work
Chapter 9: Conclusion
About the Author
Copyright
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