Episode 06 | Character Development

What drives a story is not only what happens to the protagonist, but what it means to them, their choices and the consequences of those choices, and what they choose to do after that. The character journey is what the story really is about. This is especially true in KidLit.

Join Christy and Sharon as they deep dive into character development and discuss ways that KidLit characters differ from adult characters.

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Action Item

Take a scene that you have already written, or write a new one. If it's written in first person, write it in third person close, write it in third person omniscient, write it from someone else's perspective, and just see the difference in what your character reveals to you from just that one little tiny shift, because our subconscious works in the most wonderful ways.

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Coaching KidLit Podcast

Christy Yaros

Christy Yaros is a certified book coach and story editor, working with serious writers who want to create stories that engage, encourage, and empower young people. She happily spends her days talking craft and coaxing stories out of her clients. Previous iterations of Christy have done pretty much all the things in the educational publishing world, from proofreader to managing editor to author. Christy holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. Her superpower is invisibility.

https://christyyaros.com
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