The differences between writing for adults and teens
Hey everyone!
Soon I will be leaving Washington D.C. and saying goodbye to the 2009 Romance Writers of America convention. It's been a good year, and I'm glad I came. I'm also especially glad I had the opportunity to present a session with my agent, Kristin Nelson, on the differences between writing for teen and adult audiences.
This is a session that actually grew out of this very blog. About a year ago I wrote a couple of entries about the questions that writers should and should not be asking when considering writing for young adults. In honor of today and how popular this subject seems to be I thought I'd re-link to those original posts.
The Wrong Questions
and
The Questions That Aren't Getting Asked at All
Hope this helps,
Ally
Soon I will be leaving Washington D.C. and saying goodbye to the 2009 Romance Writers of America convention. It's been a good year, and I'm glad I came. I'm also especially glad I had the opportunity to present a session with my agent, Kristin Nelson, on the differences between writing for teen and adult audiences.
This is a session that actually grew out of this very blog. About a year ago I wrote a couple of entries about the questions that writers should and should not be asking when considering writing for young adults. In honor of today and how popular this subject seems to be I thought I'd re-link to those original posts.
The Wrong Questions
and
The Questions That Aren't Getting Asked at All
Hope this helps,
Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Friday, July 17, 2009
12 Comments:
THX FOR THE HEADS UP ALLY!!!!
Thanks for the INFO....
Thanks for the links!
Any awesome questions from the panel?
Here are some hypotheticals:
I've written a novel and my editor thinks it will sell better in YA than adult. Should I rewrite or edit the book?
I have a series of books completely outlined with backstory and subplots. How should I approach an agent or publisher?
Should I be worried about being typecast as a YA author? How do I separate my adult books from my YA books?
What is the difference between a novel for children and a YA novel?
Do you filter your thoughts when writing the draft of a YA novel, or
wait for edits?
And I have to ask, because it is required by law: Where do you get
your ideas?
I just got done reading your good question bad question thing and I think u made really good points. I would also like to say that I'm HAPPY very happy that u write "clean teen" books. Because so many of the YA books out there that sound really good have stuff that I REALLY don't want to read about in them and it's so hard to tell until u start reading the book like a couple weeks ago I got a book from the library and the WHOLE thing was about sex they did NOT say that on the cover and I found it so gross I stopped reading it and yes I'm 14 but that doesn't mean I want 2 read that stuff. That's 1 of the reasons I love you books :) the other reason is because they're incredibly AWESOME lol. so Thanks for writting GOOD books and it would b cool if u could put a list of other authors who write clean books on your blog u rock ally
Thanks Ally! I'm not a writer yet, but I really want to be when I grow up!! These questions helped alot:)
okay thanks Ally
hope you had fun ally! :)
I hadn't read your post on The Wrong Questions, but now that I have I want to embrace you and bake you apple cakes that don't collapse or stay mushy in the center. I am going to be quoting you FOREVER on those.
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omg!!! u taught me sooo many new things!!! im a teen and i luv 2 write stories for teens (and hopefully 1 day one will get published) and now i hav a few tips 2 help me get better!!! thanks ally!!!! u rock!!!
Ally I totally agree with boat those past posts :) you really do get teens :) you're awesome Ally, don't ever change :)
Olivia
Ps I noticed they finally changed question number 5 on the quiz on the gg website :p lol
Hi Ally. I was one of the lucky audience members of your st. louis tour. It was great. You were great.
I asked you for the titles to your super-sneaky-spy book collection, and you told me that you would do a blog post on it. I know you are incredibly bizy and all, and I am anything but impatient. I just thought I'd remind you. Thanks for writing,
Arielle
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