Diary of a Writer

Why Middle Grade Triumphs Over YA

Scarlett Marie Season 2 Episode 2

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I don't like to pit book genres (or in fact, anything against one another) as I believe each side will have their uses, however, after working through some triggers last year associated to schools, I did uncover what I believe is a major reason why middle grade fiction triumphs over young adult fiction in a sense of reaching a larger audience and having a longer-lasting impacting. 

Trigger Warning:  This episode makes mention of stolen generations, asylums, forceable having to give up children, conversation therapy and racial disadvantages to accessing education.

If you are also boycotting all Harry Potter content due to the authors stand against certain minority groups, you are better off skipping this episode. 

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

Her time and energy has been mainly spent on the series A Royal Life, of which she started drafting when she was fifteen.

Here on the 'Diary of a Writer' she hopes to show people a peek behind the door of what it means to live as a full-time creative.

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