Give a hearty welcome to author Frank Cole as he prepares to blow your mind with his awesomeness. Oh, and he’s got some great advice for making sure your characters come off the page as real people.
Frank Cole has lived in such exotic places as the Philippines and Kentucky, and currently lives with his wife and three children out west. While he strived for years to earn his publishing credits, Frank considers sharing his message of “Exercising Your Imagination” to over 40,000 kids across the country as his greatest accomplishment. The Guardians of Elijah’s Fire is Frank’s 5th published book. You can learn more about his writing at franklewiscole.blogspot.com.
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I really enjoyed this video! Awesome thoughts!
This vlog is genius. Super helpful since I’m at the beginning stages of a MG novel. Thank you for the invaluable tips, Frank. Big fans of Hashbrown here.
Love the video! Your advice is applicable to all age groups. Interesting book collection.
Awesome video! You’re personality makes it completely enjoyable to watch as well. Definitely gonna look you up on Twitter and can’t wait to read your work!
Awesome! These are excellent tips for creating believable characters. I need one of those voices in the corner!
Thanks Frank. Sometimes I get too close to the work and don’t see that my character isn’t reacting like they should. I’m going to tattoo your advice on the back of my hand so I always see it.
By the way, I’d love to get my hands on some of the mirror-reversed books you have.
Excellent video! You’ve got me thinking about some things I need to work on in my manuscript. Thanks!
Excellent video! You’ve got me thinking about some things I need to work on in my manuscript. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the great list of how to make a character real! I know where to revise a bit more now.
Some great points here! I especially enjoyed hearing about this from a MG author’s perspective.
I love Middle Grade especially when it reads true and authentic to the characters’ world. Great vlog. Friendships are so big here.
lol. Excellent tips. Thank you. And yes, it helps. =)
Thanks Frank, You’ve answered some questions about believability (is that a word?) that I have had for a long time.
Frank seems like a hoot! I want to read his books now. (sorry I haven’t before) Thanks for all the pointers!
I really enjoyed your tips for creating believable characters! I will definitely be keeping them in mind as I finish my MG and begin another round of revisions.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to help make WriteOnCon one of the best conferences ever.
Thanks for this, nice post. Wondering where I can get the mirror-image covers
Great tips! I can never have too much advice on how to make characters believable!
Very fun, helpful vlog. Love the books mentioned and am looking up your books to buy…it’s almost Christmas, right?! Merci beaucoup!
Thanks for sharing your advice on believable characters.
Thanks so much for this! Dialog is such a tricky part of writing. Great tips!!!
Great advice and tips. Sounds easy, but really can be tricky. Thanks so much!
This post really helped me as it is something I’m trying to learn myself. The book titles intrigued me as well.
thanks for the advice!
Great tips! Thank you, Frank!
Great vlog! Thanks for the tips!
I often wonder if I capture the right age of my characters. I let my daughter read through the dialogue and tell me if it’s something she’d relate to. Great vlog!
Definitely got something out of this.
Thank you so much! Friendship!
Best wishes and happy writing.
Funny video!
I know I need to focus a lot on the dialogue.
And, maybe cut out some friends…my MCs usually have too many!
And reactions…I’m going to start keeping an eye out for those when I see them with children I know or even random people watching.
Thank you Frank!
Great vlog–love the three simple tips! Really great point about reactions–those need to be as authentic as dialogue, and I hadn’t considered that before. You did a fab job on this!
Thanks for the post and the giveaway!
Thank you for these excellent tips! I appreciate you taking the time to share with us.
Great thoughts, and thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks everyone! I was really nervous making this video. You should see the blooper reel. Yikes!
Great information. What helps me is my friends have kids in this age range and I have two nieces in this age range. They are serving as my believability experts. While they don’t make good critique partners, they’re great at pointing out when my characters aren’t acting right.
Hi, Frank! I enjoyed the vlog. Lots of great information. Checked out your blog and your books.
I’m new to writing kidlit, so this was helpful. Thanks.
Frank, I am so excited about this contest. My nephew and I would love to read these books. Thank you!
Thanks a lot Frank for taking the time to do this. Great tips!
Thank you for this vlog. I have an MG on the back burner that your vlog gave me insight to and will (hopefully) make that MS much better.
Those mirror image covers were fun! Thanks for the great info, especially the reminder that just because we adults think something is funny doesn’t mean our target audience will think the same thing.
Thanks for the reminder about these very valid points. I’m going to take another look at my WIP and make sure I’m covering these bases!
Congrats on your books, I look forward to reading Guardians.
Thanks for the pointers. Look forward to reading your book.
Great tips, and something that spans all genres. Thank you for participating this year.