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Why I Write Teen Fiction, by Sam Hawksmoor
Teen fiction connects. Passionate intensity often leads kids to do foolish things, take incredible risks, to explode with hatred one minute and love the next; to be heroic as well as act without...
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Challenging Your Protagonist (Secrets Of Narrative Drive), by Sarah Mussi
I thought in this post I demonstrate how I harnessed all these secrets of narrative drive in Siege. Here goes. Here’s the story concept (pitch style) that I sent to my editor (my comments in bold caps...
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On Writing Self-Contained Novels In A Series, by Andy Briggs
When does a story end? At what point can you confidentially type the words ‘the end’, and not be forced to use ‘to be continued’? There is a trend at the moment to push everything through as a series...
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Month In Review (October 2013)
Writing Teen Novels has reached the end of its tenth month of articles for 2013 from this year’s line-up of novelists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand....
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On Categorising Teen Novels, by Elizabeth Wein
When I went to university, I got a library card for the local library – not the university library but the public library, because ever since I’d been able to read I got my books out of the public...
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Keep Writing: The Importance Of Finishing Stories, by Andy Briggs
I always feel awkward when I meet a budding writer. Most of the time people tell me they have a great idea for a book or, worse, they have started writing a book. Actually started it. What is very rare...
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My Tips For Writing Novels, by Pauline Francis
I don’t really have to write this post, do I? You could do it for me by now if you’ve been reading the others. But I’ll sum it up: 1. Read, read, read. 2. Write, write, write. 3. Write every day. 4....
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What I Read When I Was A Teenager, by Elizabeth Wein
I was a reader as a teen – I’ll make no bones about that. I was an ambitious reader, which may be why I’ve become an ambitious writer. So I thought I’d share some of the books I read as a teen that...
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Month In Review (December 2013)
Writing Teen Novels has reached the final month of articles for 2013 from this year’s multi-national line-up of novelists. Thank you to all the contributors, to everyone who has been reading the...
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Writing Science Fiction For Both Teens And Adults, by Janet Edwards
When I began writing my debut book, Earth Girl, my aim was to write something that would appeal to both teens and adults. Achieving that meant working out what I needed to do differently for a teen...
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