FATED TO JOURNEY_Part 2 of Writing Middle Grade Historical Fantasy

“I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes

to see the largeness of life,

to see it through the laughter that is clear to all

and

through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.”
― Nikolai Gogol  

Nailing Middle Grade Voice

Is The Key

Remember that the Middle Grade Readers

and the characters in the books

they read

have a limited world view.

That is both good and bad.

 As by their short lives, they have thin back stories.

That also limits their perspectives and their grasp of the world around them.

Your Characters Will Not

Over-Think A Problem.

They tend to go for the most direct solution without mulling too much over the consequences.



The middle grade years are all about 

self-discovery.

Finding your voice.

Expanding your world view.

 Learning that adults aren’t always right

and

that they can make mistakes.

Knocking down pedestals

and building your own foundation.

To a Middle Grade Character,

There’s turmoil and excitement

and the chance to stretch your boundaries.

It’s a time to look inside yourself

and see what makes you tick.

To figure out who you are

 and where you fit in.

No matter the era in which

you choose to set your adventure,

Let the historical elements be the backdrop against which

 your young protagonists live ordinary days until the extraordinary

propels them into a journey of self and external exploration.

It will be the sense of wonder

and the

secret desire to be the protagonist

that will keep your

young reader glued to the pages

of your tale.

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