Middle Grade



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Good Blogs

From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors

Middle Grade Minded

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)

Middle Grade Authorcade

What is Middle Grade?

The Great Chapter Book, Middle Grade Confusion

Writing Sports and Action Scenes, Part 1

Five Wisdoms About the Middle Grade Market

3 Key Components of Middle Grade

The Key Difference Between Middle Grade & Young Adult

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

Top tips for switching genre and writing middle grade

Watch a Novel Grow from the First Spark of an Idea

Is My Novel Upper MG or Lower YA?

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

More Good Articles

Writing a Middle-grade Masterpiece Ain't Easy

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)

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

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

How to Write a Middle Grade Novel

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

Here are the Essentials of Middle Grade Fiction

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

Mental Health in Middle Grade Books, with Cindy Baldwin

Courses

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