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: Explicit language in YA fiction I'm writing a YA novel where most of the characters are in their teens or early 20's. One of my characters has some "colorful" language in certain situations,
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: Does my book need to have a love triangle in it? I'm editing my book currently and I have a basis for a love triangle. Should I add one? I feel like it would add another subplot to my story
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: Seeking advice - screenwriter looking to write novel All. I'm looking for some advice. I'm interested in writing a young adult mystery novel, but I don't believe I'm a good writer in the traditional
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: How to Categorize Novel Set in 1930s where people got married at 11+ years I am writing fiction novel with historical event as backdrop. During 1930s British India people got married at 11+
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: Wanting to write a gay kiss... for young audiences I wanted to write a gay kiss at the close end of my third book. I already started their chemistry with each other on the first and more
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: Is it alright for a English YA novel to have anime illustration? In the beginning, I want write and self publish (or traditionally publish if possible) a original English light novel (OELN).
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: What do you do when you think of two different scenarios that can happen in a certain scene in your story and you don't know which one to choose? So, this happens to me all the time, and
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: Are My Novels Middle-Grade or Young Adult? Having Trouble Figuring It Out I have written and thoroughly reviewed/edited three novels that I don't know if they would be marketed as Middle Grade
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: Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults I would like to write a children's story which is appealing to both children and adults. However, the world in which
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: Should I stick with American terminology in my English set young adult book? I am writing a book that is set in England, but because I would get the book published in America I don't know
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: My scenes seem too fast I’m having issues ‘cause while I’m in the process of writing I think my style has enough length to it, but when I go back and read my work it feels extremely
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: Referring to different instances of the same character in time travel I am writing a story that involves time travel, and I have a chapter where a character from the future interacts with his
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: Is my Fantasy YA series idea interesting and unique? For a while now I’ve had an idea for a YA series brewing in my mind. The series takes place in an urban setting much like our world
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: A flower's head or heart? I’m currently writing a story and one of my characters is a butterfly. In one of the scenes, she manages to run away from a bunch of hungry lizards and hides
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: Who decides how to classify a novel? Young Adult fiction is distinguished from Adult fiction typically by the age of the protagonist(s) and the subject matter or experiences involved. You can,
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: Is there a market for all-ages novels? Historically, books and movies didn't always have a specific target age. While some material was just for adults, a lot of what we think of now as
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: What would you expect from travel story? I want to write travel story novel. My plan is to have 4 characters (2 guys and 2 girls), which decided to visit 4 European cities (probably I will
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: How to choose ideal number of main characters? As I already mentioned in my previous question, I'm writing a novel with personages both that I created and some already created by others (well,
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: Crossing the line from Middle-Grade to Young-Adult I would like to followup on this excellent question which outlined differences among works for children, middle-grade, and young-adult. What are
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: When writing in a school context without ever having been to school, how do I make sure that my story is accurate within school context? I read a lot of YA fiction, a lot of which happens
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: How to fill novel if you have just some moments prepared? I read some of my old novels and realized that I often filled them with unnecessary info and pseudojokes so I could quickly rejoin
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: What is the average word count for a scene in a chapter? Does the average scene-word-count lessen for a YA/children's novel and increase for, say, an adult thriller?
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: Library of Congress filing: answering "intended for children or young adults" I'm going to submit a request for a Library of Congress Preassigned Control Number (PCN). One of the questions on
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: How much realism do I put into a war simulation story for Young Adults? I am writing an action/thriller light novel for YA audience. The story involves characters "playing" in a war-simulation
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: YA Literature - Violence I'm working on a trilogy of YA novels that revolve around a group of teenagers (aged 15, though in the made-up world, 16 is adulthood) who set off to rescue someone
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: Is mild sexualization of minors allowed in writing? Her clothes screamed bohemia, with a prominent cleavage, leather bands running up her arms and nails painted black. In my book there is
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: Is there such a thing as using too Many "I's" in a first person novel? For example, would you say this section of copy has too many "I's" or even "my's"? I woke in a daze. A drug
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: Can I change tenses in my first person YA novel? I'm half way through a YA science fiction novel that is told in 1st person, past tense. Currently there are two chapters in different tenses.
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: Is it possible for "weakness" to be a "virtue" in context? I'm working on a teen romance. The event is the high school play, the "Sound of Music," in which there are two main contestants
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: Why is young adult romance now being written primarily in the first person? My recollection is that when I started reading romance novels in the 1980s, the majority (perhaps 60%) were written
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: Describe illustrated characters? I'm writing a YA fantasy novel in my free time that I plan to illustrate myself. Most if not all named characters will have their 'picture' presented to the
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: What are some clear differences in theme/story between children's, middle grade, and young adult fantasy? At the moment I'm trying to write a fantasy novel, and I think it's leaning more towards
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: How many pages make a chapter in a chapter book? I am writing my first chapter books for an older audience around 18+ and I need a little help with knowing when one characters point of view
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: Fantasy Series - YA or Adult protagonist? I plan on writing a fantasy series at some point. Based on what I've read, my automatic assumption was that the protagonist of such a series would
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: How to write a board game scene? My book is about a girl who is a compulsive gambler, and I'm trying to write a scene where she is playing a board game with an old dude who also has a
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: First person from the point of view of a child Is it ok to use first person when the one speaking in the narration is a child? I guess it doesn't matter too much when the narration is
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: What can I do if I hate my own protagonist? So I'm writing a fantasy novel, and I have my plot fairly fleshed out, and I have my main players, my world is built, and now I've started to
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: Should I add more detail to my story, or just leave it vague and add it all in later? I am having a hard time with adding detail, I feel it may leave a good chunk of the story out, but
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: Need help titling my book? So... I'm writing a book that takes place in an alternate world. In this world, there are a bunch of islands that align with the star sign constellations (Ex: Gemini,
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: Why do Popular Fantasy Novels of Today Feature Teenagers? This could be a misconception of mine, but I've noticed that the popular fantasy novels of today seem to nearly all have main characters
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