Writing for Teens Isn’t Twilight
Image via Wikipedia When you think of "teen" writing, you might be thinking about the stuff we've talked about over the last four days. That's partly true, but in children's writing, the "teen" genre is over 15. That means, they're reading like adults. Selling fiction...
Teen Magazines
As we've discussed here before, our "young adult" group involved teens, but it involves 12-14 year olds, so not all of them are teens. Yet, some magazines are directed straight at them. No magazines directed at the older group would have much on Justin Beiber, for...
Goths, Punks, Emos, Preps, and Stoners
Young adult readers, who are 12 - 14, know what each of those terms mean. Do you? If you want to write for these kids, you'll need to. Here's a quick primer: Image via Wikipedia Goths: This group is into wearing all black clothes. But there are levels of "goth-ness"...
