"...if there is one truism of successful Y.A., it’s that the book’s
unrelenting emphasis must be on character and event, and not the
brilliance of the author’s viewpoint. For me it was a humbling experience, trying to shed the essential
narcissism of my writer’s project because my teen readers wouldn’t
tolerate it. But on crawling out on the other side, I saw that what Y.A.
novels value above all else is storytelling. It took me even longer to
realize that that needn’t lessen a book’s complexity — it just
prioritizes the reader’s experience. Ultimately, if there’s a refrain I
hear from the many adults turning to Y.A., it’s not that the books are
any simpler. They’re just more pleasurable."
Eliot Schrefer, "Junior Varsity is Where the Work Gets Done"
This is a great article about writing YA lit.
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