Erin takes us through the powerful opening scene of Martine Leavitt’s YA novel Buffalo Flats and examines how the elements of the first scene set up the entire novel–character, desire lines, themes, setting, voice, tone, humor, and more. Links: Martine Leavitt’s Buffalo Flats The Sound of Music Hadestown Six A tor Nerd term: limited omniscient A KidLit Craft post on an omniscient narrator that use sections of limited omniscience. The KidLit Craft Podcast is hosted by Anne-Marie Strohman and Erin Nuttall.   Support KidLit Craft Patreon Buy T-shirts and sweatshirts (click on “small logo” or “big logo” for a range of styles)   Email us at [email protected] Sign up for our newsletter

At KidLit Craft we look at the mechanics of how writers do what they do, so we can improve our own writing. In this series, we’re taking a deep dive into Martine Leavitt’s YA novel Buffalo Flats. Erin has called this the perfect novel, so we’re tearing it apart to see how Martine put it together.  In this introductory episode, we cover how we met (at Vermont College of Fine Arts, where we both did MFAs in Writing for Children and Young Adults), how the podcast came about, why Buffalo Flats, and what you can expect from this series. Links: Martine Leavitt’s Buffalo Flats Vermont College of Fine Arts, Writing for Children and Young Adults Some of Anne-Marie’s writing about craft Some of Erin’s writing about craft A sample KidLit Craft Newsletter The KidLit Craft Podcast is hosted by Anne-Marie Strohman and Erin Nuttall. Email us at [email protected] Support KidLit Craft Patreon Buy T-shirts and sweatshirts (click on “small logo” or “big logo” for a range of styles)