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Jun 14, 20183 min read

Your Main Character’s Parents in Middle Grade Writing

Here’s an interesting creative writing thought to think about… What do you do with your main character’s parents in middle grade writing? T

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5 Myths About Making It Big in Hollywood

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 13, 20183 min read

5 Myths About Making It Big in Hollywood

Editor’s Note: There are so many misconceptions about making it big in Hollywood. Admittedly, most creative writers who choose to write abou

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Real Examples of Middle Grade Fiction Writing (and No, They’re Not Harry Potter)

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 12, 20182 min read

Real Examples of Middle Grade Fiction Writing (and No, They’re Not Harry Potter)

If you do a search for “middle grade fiction” writing online, you’re bound to come up with a Goodreads list or two on the first few pages.

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 11, 20183 min read

3 Tips for Writing a Proper Villain

When was the last time you contemplated writing a proper villain? For me, it was just this past weekend. It was at the HEAV (Home Educators

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The Proper Picture-Book Story Writing Rule

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 8, 20182 min read

The Proper Picture-Book Story Writing Rule

Proper picture book story writing isn’t as easy as it may seem to some. These narratives may have less pages and far fewer words to work wi

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The Serious Nature of Writing Picture Book Stories for 3-8 Year-Olds

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 7, 20183 min read

The Serious Nature of Writing Picture Book Stories for 3-8 Year-Olds

Writing picture book stories requires some special insights into 3-8 year-olds' minds. Here’s an example… The other week, I got to take

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Pretty Pictures, Wonderful Words: The Picture Book Genre Opened Up

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 5, 20183 min read

Pretty Pictures, Wonderful Words: The Picture Book Genre Opened Up

Just the very mention of the picture book “genre” should make readers everywhere smile. Whether it makes them think about books they used to

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Writing It Real With These 3 Writing Facts

Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 4, 20183 min read

Writing It Real With These 3 Writing Facts

You’ve heard the saying, “keeping it real,” I’m sure. Well, this post is all about writing it real… taking factual information and putting

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Jeannette DiLouie

Jun 1, 20182 min read

To Some Degree, You’re out of Luck

If you’ve got a board book idea for tiny tots, more power to you! Just know that traditional publishing presses probably don’t agree with In

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 31, 20182 min read

The Building Blocks of Board Books

When it comes to board book ideas, they’re both incredibly simplistic and really rather hard. Let’s start with the simplistic… On Tuesday,

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What Do My Protagonists Really Think of Me?

Jeannette DiLouie

May 30, 20183 min read

What Do My Protagonists Really Think of Me?

Editor’s Note: We creative writers do some fairly dreadful things to our protagonists throughout the course of our writing careers. Oh, we s

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Board Books Foster Tiny Tots and Promising Possibilities

Jeannette DiLouie

May 29, 20183 min read

Board Books Foster Tiny Tots and Promising Possibilities

Just as with “big kid” books, there are different genres or categories in the children’s publishing world. Also like the children’s publish

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What It Takes to Be a Professional Writer

Jeannette DiLouie

May 28, 20182 min read

What It Takes to Be a Professional Writer

At the risk of being utterly cheesy, let's tackle the topic of what it takes to be a professional writer. At least we're going to ta

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What Is the Christian Fiction Writers’ Job?

Jeannette DiLouie

May 25, 20183 min read

What Is the Christian Fiction Writers’ Job?

It would probably be pretentious to say that it’s Christian fiction writers’ job to make God look good. God doesn’t need our assistance in

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Jeannette DiLouie

May 24, 20183 min read

Why Is Christian Fiction So Bad?

I got a little brutal about writing Christian fiction on Tuesday. Now it’s time to get really brutal. Most traditionally published Christia

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Josiah DeGraaf

May 23, 20183 min read

Christian Fiction: Who’s Your Audience?

Editor’s Note: Since we’re discussing Christian fiction this week, I asked another Christian writer, reader and editorially-minded manuscrip

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What Can We REALLY Say About Christian Fiction Writing?

Jeannette DiLouie

May 22, 20182 min read

What Can We REALLY Say About Christian Fiction Writing?

Sooo… Christian fiction writing. What can we say about it? Since this week’s writing Definition, Challenge and Rule are going to be fille

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The Imperfections of Chick-Lit Protagonists

Jeannette DiLouie

May 18, 20183 min read

The Imperfections of Chick-Lit Protagonists

If there’s one chick-lit Writing Rule you can count on, it’s going to be that the main character doesn’t have her life in order at story’s b

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Bring on the Chick-Lit Writing Challenge

Jeannette DiLouie

May 17, 20182 min read

Bring on the Chick-Lit Writing Challenge

“What’s a chick-lit writing challenge, and who needs it anyway,” might sum up your mentality about the title above and the genre in...

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5 Facts About School Teachers You Should Probably Keep in Mind

Jeannette DiLouie

May 16, 20183 min read

5 Facts About School Teachers You Should Probably Keep in Mind

Editor’s Note 1: This article is written by anonymous so that no school teachers suffer more than they already are. But anonymous still know

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