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How aware are you of the market you\u2019re writing for? Despite the MG label being reserved for readers aged 8-12, defining Middle Grade literature is tricky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many young gifted readers will move out of picture books and onto Middle Grade fiction before aged 8. Other readers aged 12 or older still happily peruse Middle Grade books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 age group. (Just as for adults, there\u2019s no \u2018correct\u2019 genre, only taste.) Books are all being tested, tried out, at Middle Grade. This outlines some things worth remembering if you\u2019d like to write for the loose label of this age range and find out more about the world of Middle Grade fiction publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: Read All The Middle Grade Fiction You Can \u2013 And Make Sure It\u2019s Relevant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Read the popular fiction you know is being read now<\/em> by this age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve heard of L.M. Montgomery or Lewis Carroll, Anne of Green Gables<\/em> or Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland, <\/em>but have you heard of Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, <\/em>Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers, <\/em> or R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not, and you want to write for MG readers, start learning these popular authors writing in the market today. Begin reading their books, especially, the sorts of books you\u2019d like to be writing yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children aren\u2019t hypocrites, and they won\u2019t wait for pace to pick up or give a book a chance if they\u2019re not gripped immediately. Agents, librarians, and Middle grade fiction publishers \u2013 the curators and \u2018gatekeepers\u2019 of children\u2019s\u2019 fiction \u2013 will be thinking along these lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll need to know what books prospective readers are reading, so understand these titles to understand your audience. Popular books are reflective of tastes. What common themes are there? Which characters seem to appeal, and which common elements do you sense are enjoyed, and which could you emulate yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll need your novel similar enough and yet entirely original. You must create a book that fits into the market, but is different enough to pique readers\u2019 curiosities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many books published about animals, for instance, like The Tale of Despereaux<\/em> by Kate DiCamillo, or The River Singers<\/em> by Tom Moorhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many books about dragons, like Eragon<\/em> by Christopher Paolini, Dragon Rider<\/em> by Cornelia Funke, How To Train Your Dragon<\/em> by Cressida Cowell, or The Dragons of Kilve Court<\/em> by Beth Webb, to name a few more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are writing a book about dragons, animals, or anything else, how will you differentiate your story and make it authentic, whilst still similarly appealing to all these books readers enjoy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a difficult balance to find, but reading currently popular Middle Grade titles will help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

2: Engage With Complexity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Certain tropes \u2013 animal stories, fairy stories \u2013 will likely hold appeal always and be revisited by authors and publishers time and again. All the same, don\u2019t take this to feel that anything will do, or that writing for children is easier than writing for adults. It isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase<\/em>, has said, a good children\u2019s book \u2018should not be perfunctory, meaningless, flat.\u2019 Again, reading and developing your awareness of the market is key. Look for richness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst some children will always be more sensitive than others, most can handle the thrills and scares of Middle Grade fiction. Yours aren\u2019t\u00a0picture book<\/a>\u00a0readers, where any darker elements need to be sillier, funnier for very small children to read about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The success of books like Lauren Oliver\u2019s Liesl and Po<\/em>, or Neil Gaiman\u2019s The Graveyard Book<\/em> shows that MG readers are often braver than adults may credit. In Liesl and Po<\/em>, Liesl is held captive in her attic room, whilst The Graveyard Book\u2019s<\/em> macabre premise is set chiefly in a cemetery and about an orphan raised by ghosts, yet is still moving and punctured with hilarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll need to (gently) indicate to these children the world isn\u2019t simplistic. Your readers are flexing and growing their imaginations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Wilson is just one writer exploring children\u2019s issues sensitively through the eyes of her characters<\/a>; like Andy facing parents\u2019 divorce in The Suitcase Kid<\/em>, Mandy facing bullies in Bad Girls<\/em>, or Tracey facing foster care in The Story of Tracey Beaker<\/em>. The voices of her protagonists are authentic, her stories never condescending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018If I write about a problem, I\u2019d like to find some solutions,\u2019 Wilson has said<\/a> of her fiction. She shares hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no need to worry you\u2019ll be dampening moods by engaging with complexity, either. You might be writing the book someone needs. Children look for literature tying in with their experiences, as well as exploring new experiences outside their own. A book could just help change a life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, engage in pure, unbridled imagination to enhance and help build children\u2019s imaginative faculties, like Haroun leaving this world on the back of a mechanical bird in Salman Rushdie\u2019s Haroun and the Sea of Stories<\/em>, or Colin Meloy\u2019s Prue and Curtis discovering Wildwood<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever you write, you should always find means to convey that the world is a sprawling, dark and complex place. Children are growing, but they\u2019re tough, sharper than some adults allow, and this audience mustn\u2019t be underestimated.
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Whilst there are topics which might not be appropriate for younger children, there\u2019s no need to render books didactic, and many things are writable for younger audiences if they\u2019re written with grace and deftness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read David Walliams\u2019 The Boy in the Dress<\/em>, Donna Gephart\u2019s L<\/em>ily and Dunkin<\/em>, or The Sleeper and the Spindle <\/em>by Neil Gaiman. Children needn\u2019t grow up with adult prejudices, biases that perhaps otherwise wouldn\u2019t occur to them. Another means of handling issues, of course, is to dress them up in fantasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Chamber of Secrets\u00a0<\/em>are the only clear Middle Grade titles of J.K. Rowling\u2019s series. The series, from an early point, has helped\u00a0increase tolerance<\/a>\u00a0in young readers, dealing\u00a0frequently with the stigmas attached unfairly to groups (i.e. to Muggles, and to house-elves\u00a0in the case of Dobby and the Malfoys).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These themes are implicit early on, unpacked later; but at the close of the second book, Harry has compassion on Dobby, rescuing him with \u2018clothes\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stories can therefore lay the foundations of empathy and acceptance in the real world \u2013 and this is a big thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have some responsibility as a writer. Beware overt morals, beware didacticism, and write a story with implicit themes that explores, questions, shines a light and encourages contemplation. (Yes, they\u2019re young. They can handle it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4: Remember What Children Are Reading For<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Know your audience. You can\u2019t write about living in a child\u2019s shoes unless you know or can remember well. If you can\u2019t remember or don\u2019t care, find someone else to write for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle Grade readers are reading to explore, to flex imagination, and to discover the world. They\u2019ll be open to new worlds and dynamic characters, to hilarity and thrills, adventure and enchantment. Write to appease these traits and to open minds (as opposed to informing them, unless you\u2019re writing non-fiction, which is very different).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need more advice on your novel, a manuscript assessment can give you invaluable\u00a0feedback<\/a>\u00a0with insights into commercial perspective driving Middle Grade publishing. It\u2019ll help you harness your own voice in a way that sounds both raw and compelling in Middle Grade fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Or for more\u00a0encouragement and inspiration, take a look at more free\u00a0advice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy writing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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