Our annual Writing for Young Readers issue is here! Pick up your copy today to read these great stories:
- An interview with bestselling YA author Marie Lu
- A guide to collaborating with fellow kidlit authors
- How to structure your picture books for success
- Eight creativity-boosting exercises to rekindle your love of writing
- Focust-boosting strategies to help fight distraction
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Finding hope through story
By Anica Mrose RissiA young adult novelist uncovers the truth she never meant to write.
Features
Back to the future
By Lauren PuckettYA author Marie Lu returns to the futuristic dystopia that landed her on the bestseller list – and digs through the past for tomorrow’s stories.
Dream team
By Susan Johnston TaylorCollaborations help kidlit authors find new readers, bust creative blocks, better their craft, and increase accountability – plus snag a paycheck for spending time with
a fellow writer. What’s not to love?
Easy as 1-2-3
By Ryan G. Van CleaveHow to structure your picture books for success.
The In-Betweeners
By Heidi Ruby MillerBridging the gap between middle grade and YA.
Rekindle the flame
By Hope LydaAh, writing prompts – the forgotten fire starter for your writing practice. Spark blank pages into endless possibilities with these eight creativity-boosting exercises.
Taming the squirrel
By Valerie E. PolicharBanish distractions and increase writing productivity with these focus-boosting tips.
Departments
Choose your own narrator
By Yi Shun LaiWhen should an author write in the second person?
The survivor: An interview with Pat Jordan
By Pete CroattoThe legendary magazine writer and A False Spring author has written for himself since 1970 – and he’s having more fun than ever.
The importance of sensitivity readers
By Tonya AbariAre you writing kidlit outside of a lived experience? Here’s why hiring an expert to read your manuscript is essential.
Your Teen for Parents
By Melissa Hart
Big Sur Children’s Writing Workshop
By Melissa HartAlso in Every Issue
From the Editor
Take Note
How I Write
Gloria Chao