Young Adult Fiction
Anybody here write it? Read it?I'm getting ready to get back to a novel I set down about 8 years ago, and the more I think about it, the more I think it will end up appealing to young readers. Problem...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the only title YA I've read since I was a YA. An interesting read, epistolic and very modern. I guess it could give you some insight as to what those kids are...
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I love reading YA fiction. Always have, never grown out of it. It's kinda weird, b/c I don't really like to write it very much.Ann Rinaldi writes YA historical fiction, and some contemporary. Her But...
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I thought I was writing adult fiction, but an editor who was previously excited about my book did an about-face and told me he thinks it's YA. In light of that information, you may want to do what I'm...
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Quote:And for length, I've heard 55k to 70k words. I think the Harry Potter books shot that one out of the water. Bryan Davis's books run around 115,000 wds.Christopher, I edit for Bryan so have a...
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I am an avid adult reader of YA, and I am writing YA. I think there is a desperate need for YA in the CBA(or whatever ots called now) world. At my local christian chain store the young adult section...
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I read a fair amount of YA fiction. I also tend to listen to a lot of unabridged YA fiction because it's short and easy to get through. In CBA, YA fiction is on a bit of an upswing after bottoming out...
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YA is an excellent excellent place to visit. In fact, take off your shoes, curl up in that cozy chair, and stay awhile. We'll have the stacks of books brought to you. No worries.Jaime's Challenged...
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I write it, I suppose, because I read it. I don't think I'll ever grow out of YA books. I love the themes that go beyond the coming-of-age cliche and the compexity of characters of that age.
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Barb, apparently 1 in 5 adults in the US has read the Harry Potter books, so you're far from alone in enjoying the complexity of the YA characters that go beyond coming-of-age.
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I guess I'm one of the four then, Jane.Er, or maybe three-and-a-half... I read about three chapters of the first book and the weak verbs and abundant adverbs just drove me nuts. Couldn't get any...
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