Middle Grade



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Good Blogs

From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors

Is It a Chapter Book or Middle Grade? How to Tell 

Kidliterati

Middle Grade Minded

Project Mayhem 

Smack Dab in the Middle 

Spooky Middle Grade

Renegades of Middle Grade

Middle Grade Book Village (runs weekly #MGBookChat on Monday evenings 9 p.m. ET)

What Is Middle Grade?

Writing Sports and Action Scenes, Part 1

Finding the Middle Grade Voice 

Five Wisdoms About the Middle Grade Market

3 Key Components of Middle Grade

The Key Difference Between Middle Grade & Young Adult 

The Great Chapter Book, Middle Grade Confusion

The 14-Year Old Middle Grade Protagonist

Navigating Middle Grade Books

5 Ways to Tell if You're Writing MG or YA

Middle Grade v. Young Adult (5 subcategories)

The Difference Between Children's and Adult Books

The Critical Differences Between Middle Grade and YA Books

5 Writing Tips for Middle Grade Novelists

Top tips for switching genre and writing middle grade

Watch a Novel Grow from the First Spark of an Idea

More Good Articles

Writing the Middle Grade Novel

Writing a Middle-grade Masterpiece Ain't Easy!

Guest Post: Finding the Middle Grade Voice 

Writing Enticing First Chapters for Middle-Grade and Young Adult Novels, Part 1

Make your inner ten-year-old laugh: how to write funny fiction

7 Tips for Developing a Compelling Middle-Grade Fiction Premise

Plot Middle Grade to Emotionally Engage Your Readers

The Most Common Pitfalls in Middle Grade Manuscripts

Writing Middle Grade Fiction: What I Wish I’d Known

Writing Your Middle Grade Character (aka The Center of Her Universe)

How to Write Middle Grade Fiction: A Beginner’s Guide

How to Write Middle Grade Stories Kids Want to Read

Middle Grade Novel Structure 101: Stuck in the Middle (Grade) with You

3 Components of Middle-Grade Novels

3 Ways to Plan a Marketable Novel without Losing Creativity

How To Write a Middle-grade Novel

Five Lessons I Learned Writing My First Middle Grade Novel

Navigating Middle Grade Books

Middle Grade Novel: Plot Outline

The Key Differences Between Middle Grade vs Young Adult

Middle Grade Minded: The Basics Of Plot Structure

6 Golden Rules of Writing Middle Grade

What the #$@& to Do About Profanity in Middle Grade

4 Keys to Writing Un-Put-Down-Able Middle Grade Adventure

Writing the Middle Grade Novel

Writing the Middle Grade Masterpiece- Harold Underdown's The Purple Crayon

Is Plot or Character More Important For Middle Grade Readers

How to Write a Middle Grade Novel

Keeping it Middle Grade: Handling Tough Topics in Fiction

Booksellers Navigate New Trends in Middle Grade

How Much Page Time Can Adult Characters Have in Middle Grade Novels?

Here are the Essentials of Middle Grade Fiction

21 Characteristics of a Perfect Middle Grade Protagonist

How to Write a Children’s Book in 12 Steps (From an Editor)

How to Write a Middle-Grade Novel

6 Golden Rules of Writing Middle Grade

Publishing Trends

Bestselling Middle Grade Fiction Part 1: Genres & Topics

Bestselling Middle Grade Fiction Part 2: Tense & Point of View

Agents

List of 20 MG Agents- Darcy Pattison

MG Literary Agents 

Middle Grade Literary Agents Open to Submissions

Courses

Just Write for Middle Grade! Emma Walton Hamilton's 14 week course on chapter books and middle grade