Writing for Teens Is a Fact-Finding Mission
When you think about kids in college or upper high school grades and you're my age, you're thinking... babies. Considering the difference in our ages, it's probably understandable, but when you're writing for teens, you'd better get that thought right out of your...
Teen Readers May Be Younger
When I think of teen readers, I'm thinking of kids that are looking toward college or careers, but in truth, your real audience will rarely exceed fifteen years of age. Why? Because the teens we're gearing our material toward are probably already reading adult books,...
Writing for Teens
You might imagine that writing for teenagers is much like writing for adults. In the fiction genre, you'd be right. Teens can handle almost as much as adults, but remember these kids are between about 16 and 21. They have the appropriate vocabulary in most instances,...