Tag: author life
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Stop Aging Up YA Characters. It’s Ruining the Genre.
Teens deserve books written for them. It often starts with a small shift that doesn’t seem like it should matter. A character is aged up slightly. The tone becomes a little older. The situations become a little more adult. On paper, these changes might feel minor, but in Young Adult fiction, these small shifts can…
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Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Dialogue
Dialogue is a crucial part of any story and moves the plot along in many ways: plot development, character traits, pacing, etc. Yet, if dialogue is so important, why is it often so hard? Tips for Writing Dialogue Listen to How People Talk In order for dialogue to sound real, it should sound how real…
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