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Writing for a Middle Grade Audience with Danielle Binks
Welcome!
Meet Your Teacher (1:23)
Choosing MG: A Foundational Understanding of Middle Grade Literature
A Checklist
Definitions
A Note on Recommended Reads
The History of Middle Grade in America
Middle Grade in Australia
Word Count
Exercise: Chapters, Sections, Parts
Genres
Exercise: Genre and Sub-genres
Writing Nonfiction
Nonfiction MG
Learning from an Expert: Tips on Narrative Nonfiction
Narrative Nonfiction: Injecting Life into the Facts
Recommended Nonfiction Reads
Exercise: Nonfiction Ideas
Finding Recommended Reads
What's Off-Limits?
Respect Your Reader: Morris Gleitzman
Back to the Checklist
Writing Middle Grade
Welcome to Part Two
Voice
Finding the Voice of the Text
Case Study: Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Exercise: Exploring Voice
Language
Exercise: Language
Exercise: Chapter Length
Inclusive Language
Exercise: Character
Secondary Characters
Exercise: Character Profiles
Anthropomorphism
Exercise: Anthropomorphic Writing
Point of View
Exercise: POV
Epistolary Narrative Device
Exercise: Letter or Diary Writing Exercise
Clichés, Stereotypes and Tropes
Hero's Journey
Exercise: Hero's Journey
A Quote from John Steinbeck
Beginnings
Some Favourite Beginnings
The Secret to Stories
Scene-setting and Universe Building
Exercise: Show, Don't Tell
Pace
Exercise: Change the Weather
The Muddy Middle
Denouement, Endings, and Epilogues
Favourite Endings
Talking Middle Grade: Things To Know Moving Forward
Introduction to Part 3
Own Voices and Writing Outside Your Experience
Series or Standalone
Graphic Novels
Pitching
Talking to MG Audiences
Further Reading and Community-Building
Goodbye! (2:08)
Feedback
Thank you
The Secret to Stories
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