You know this is a GREAT resource - thanks so much for sharing BUT do consider moving your wall post up above us BECAUSE (drum roll) that way your question has a URL and a "reply feature."
Unfortunately, big ideas/resources on the comment wall (here) are not easy to respond to and get buried over time.
When you post a ? or resource in a special interest group discussion forum - your "affinity group" peeps can give you feedback. Also, because diss forum posts have URLs it will be archived AND I can broadcast the question to the whole Ning for the Week in Review!
Also this one would be a great resource in the World History and Middle School groups as well.
Thanks for all your great work - as always - please share more cool resources when you can!
I wanted to share with you some of the comments I've gotten from YA / Middle grade publishers and get your thoughts. Over the last dozen years I've pitched numerous scripts and graphic novels and have been told over and over again that my books should not have: 1) flashbacks because kids can be confused by them; 2) stories told from multiple characters. I should choose one and stick to it. 3) Mainstream audiences won't always relate with characters of color. -- As a result, even though I have done some work for them, the stories that I write that I really love, I end up publishing myself. My new anti-bullying novel uses flashbacks, multiple viewpoints AND a multicultural cast of characters. Three NO-NOs wrapped up in one! I meet kids on a daily basis that can build websites, take apart computers, and do everything there is to do on a phone. I don't think they'll have a problem following a flashback. What do you think?
Jerry, that is a really interesting discussion - you can post it above as a crowdsource ? http://mcpopmb.ning.com/page/post-a-crowdsource then it will have a URL and I can broadcast it... See
Ryan Goble
You know this is a GREAT resource - thanks so much for sharing BUT do consider moving your wall post up above us BECAUSE (drum roll) that way your question has a URL and a "reply feature."
Unfortunately, big ideas/resources on the comment wall (here) are not easy to respond to and get buried over time.
When you post a ? or resource in a special interest group discussion forum - your "affinity group" peeps can give you feedback. Also, because diss forum posts have URLs it will be archived AND I can broadcast the question to the whole Ning for the Week in Review!
Also this one would be a great resource in the World History and Middle School groups as well.
Thanks for all your great work - as always - please share more cool resources when you can!
Ry:)
Jan 30, 2011
Jerry Craft
I wanted to share with you some of the comments I've gotten from YA / Middle grade publishers and get your thoughts. Over the last dozen years I've pitched numerous scripts and graphic novels and have been told over and over again that my books should not have: 1) flashbacks because kids can be confused by them; 2) stories told from multiple characters. I should choose one and stick to it. 3) Mainstream audiences won't always relate with characters of color. -- As a result, even though I have done some work for them, the stories that I write that I really love, I end up publishing myself. My new anti-bullying novel uses flashbacks, multiple viewpoints AND a multicultural cast of characters. Three NO-NOs wrapped up in one! I meet kids on a daily basis that can build websites, take apart computers, and do everything there is to do on a phone. I don't think they'll have a problem following a flashback. What do you think?
Dec 13, 2013
Ryan Goble
Jerry, that is a really interesting discussion - you can post it above as a crowdsource ? http://mcpopmb.ning.com/page/post-a-crowdsource then it will have a URL and I can broadcast it... See
Dec 13, 2013