Sharing some craft thoughts

I wrote a couple of posts for the SCBWI Carolinas’ Blog and wanted to share them in one place: Emotional Resonance was the holy grail of my MFA experience. I captured a few thoughts in this post (it was *hard* to keep it to under 1000 words! so much to say about this topic!) If […]

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Who is the Main Character in Rita Williams-Garcia’s Jumped?

If there were Ten Commandments of writing for children, the main character shall change by the end of the story would be among them. Jumped, by Rita Williams-Garcia breaks the rule. I would argue that the main character does change, but she’s not the obvious character. Most of the story takes place in a day […]

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