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Writing Great Books For Young Adults: Everything You Need To Know, From Crafting The Idea To Landing A Publishing Deal (2009)

by Regina Brooks(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402226616 (ISBN13: 9781402226618)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

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review 1: I was one of the first 100 contestants for Gotham Writers’ Workshop recent YA contest and I won a copy of Writing Great Books For Young Adults. Winners to the contest will be posted February 2011. But in the interim, I read the book.At first glance, I love love love the way the book is laid out. The font, the chapter breaks, the little inserts with insider advice. Perfect. Super easy read.The information is arranged in a step-by-step approach to writing your YA novel from coming up with an idea to shopping the finished edited manuscript to agents and publishers. Great overview. Each chapter tackles a major area such as plot, theme, character development. And to my mind, one of the most overlooked topics: creating a satisfying ending.This book is absolutely essential to a... morenyone who is contemplating writing a YA novel. If you’ve already written one and been shopping it around, this book is very valuable to you because it will draw your attention to the bigger things that require attention in your novel as you revise.Lately, I’ve been focusing on the writing craft and getting more into the nitty-gritty details of writing. This book reminded me that there are overarching issues that have to remain on your mind as you revise your manuscript.A great, informative read for all YA novelists.
review 2: I am really passionate about the young adult/teen genre of novels. (I could talk about this for ages.) This book was written by a seasoned literary agent who works with young adult books, which gives it a good perspective of someone who is watching the genre grow and change as well as seeing what succeeds and what fails. It has a lot of writing tips that I already knew because I am pretty studied in that area, but it also had a new way of looking at some of these aspects of writing (for example, it has lists of the pros and cons of each type of POV which I've never seen discussed that way before).It also had good information about revising, finding agents, writing conferences, and other such instructions about getting your manuscript out there once you get it first written. It's not the best book on writing I've ever read, but I would say for a writer who is specifically interested in writing for the young adult/teen genre, it would be a benefit to read, especially if you haven't had much other creative writing education. less

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