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Voice In Teen Novels, by Amy Kathleen Ryan
I get asked a lot in my classes on writing how I make the voice for the teenager ‘authentic’. I think my answer is frustratingly esoteric, but it works for me: I don’t try to sound like a teenager at...
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Teen Fiction: A Definition? by Bernard Beckett
Mostly, I write teen fiction. It’s often referred to as YA (for Young Adult), which isn’t a label I love. Calling a teenager a young adult strikes me as patronising, in the way that calling a forty...
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Writing Novels For Teens Versus For Adults, by April Henry
I had published five books for adults before my first teen book came out. In fact, when I wrote it I thought it was a novel for adults that just happened to have a 16-year-old main character. But my...
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Making Time To Write Your Novel, by Lish McBride
I dislike the phrase “finding time to write”. It implies that this precious time can be just stumbled upon, like maybe one day you might move the couch and find a whole pile of it and think, “There you...
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Writing Novels Teens Want To Read, by Diane Lee Wilson
Today’s teens have a lot of options for entertainment: YouTube videos, social media, surfing the internet, computer games and even old-fashioned movies (whether watched on DVDs or downloaded). Where...
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Choosing Character Names For Novels, by Paul Volponi
In my house, one of our great joys is the naming of a new pet. We have dogs, cats, and even a bearded dragon. My choices of names usually lose out to those of my wife and daughter (personally, I...
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10 Tips For Becoming A Good Novelist, by April Henry
1. Read, read, read. Try well-reviewed books in genres you wouldn’t normally read – fantasy, historical novels, even westerns. Don’t be afraid to put something aside if it’s not working for you – but...
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Comparing Teen Fiction And Adult Fiction, by Sam Hawksmoor
I don’t think there is any conscious process for differentiating between a teen novel and adult. Clearly in one the young adult must be forefront and in the other, adults. Obviously adults can figure...
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Planning And Writing A Novel, by Monika Schroder
It has been said that there are those writers who plan and those who ‘fly by the seats of their pants’. I am part of the second group and before I began working on my novel, My Brother’s Shadow, I only...
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