Tell Your Story: Novels

Novels are an exciting genre in children’s literature, whether they are middle grade (ages 8-13) or  young adult (ages 13 and up.) There are seemingly endless novel categories, too: novels in verse, contemporary, horror, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery and narrative nonfiction.

Whatever your novel interest, we’ve got resources and workshops to help you begin, revise, plot, outline, receive feedback, develop characters and more.

No matter where you are on your journey, we’re glad you’re here.  We can give you the skills you need to create the very best novel for kids and teens.

Novel Workshops

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Inspiring Children Through Story

“My picture book … deals with parents separating. One little boy, who parents recently divorced, went to bed with [it] many nights. This deeply moved me to know this picture book helped this little boy.”

“I tutor 2nd grade reluctant readers. My understanding of picture book structure and prose allows me to help them learn more than words. Rather than just read the story, we talk about it.”

“You mean I get to keep this book forever?”

…Spoken by a child in tears who was gifted with one of my books at a school visit and had never owned a book before.

“When I hear kids giggle while I’m reading [my book] I feel like I’ve done the job I intended to do.“

Novel Resources

Diana Murry
Visual Outlining

by Chris Tebbetts

Alisa Alering
5 Common World Building Mistakes

by Alisa Alering

Donna Janell Bowman
Perfectly Plotted

by Padma Venkatraman

Jennifer Gennari
Learning to Love Line Editing

By Jennifer Gennari

Don Tate
Imagining an Image System for Your novel in verse

by Cordelia Jensen

Miranda Paul
Lights, Camera, ACTION: The Importance of Starting in a Scene

by Kat Brzozowski

3 Tips For A Good Story or Novel Beginning

3 Tips For A Good Story or Novel Beginning

How the ‘Whole Novel’ Helped One Author Navigate the Muddy Middle

How the ‘Whole Novel’ Helped One Author Navigate the Muddy Middle

6 Ways Research Can Enhance Your Fiction Writing

6 Ways Research Can Enhance Your Fiction Writing

3 Questions With Author, Editor and Agent Linda Epstein

3 Questions With Author, Editor and Agent Linda Epstein

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Stories from Our Boyds Mills Alumni

A Flea for Justice: Celebrating a Book Birthday with Valerie Bolling and TeMika Grooms

A Flea for Justice: Celebrating a Book Birthday with Valerie Bolling and TeMika Grooms

From Spark to Final Sketches: My 7-Step Picture Book Dummy Process 

From Spark to Final Sketches: My 7-Step Picture Book Dummy Process 

The Perils of Girlhood: Celebrating a Book Birthday With Melissa Fraterrigo

The Perils of Girlhood: Celebrating a Book Birthday With Melissa Fraterrigo

Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken: Celebrating a Book Birthday With Kimberly Tso

Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken: Celebrating a Book Birthday With Kimberly Tso

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