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There’s no way your book will sell if you fall into writing traps. Here are 6 pitfalls to avoid when writing a Young Adult novel. I’ve been writing a lot lately about all the good components of writing a young adult (YA) novel. But if you’re going to learn how to write quality YA content,…
There is a particular recipe for writing young adult fiction. If you want to write for young adults, here are the story elements for young adult novels! There is a particular recipe for writing young adult fiction and non-fiction. That’s not to say they’re formulaic, but that there are specific components you as an author…
If you’re planning on writing YA books yourself, here are the best things to consider when writing a Young Adult novel. When I began writing Getting By, I didn’t immediately decide on a genre, as I simply wanted to write a story centering on the experience of a male high school student. But in time,…
Are you thinking about writing your own Young Adult fiction story? Here are some great tips for writing YA novels to help you get started. Before writing young adult (YA) fiction, I was reading it, but only if I had to for school. I didn’t aspire to become an author and didn’t initially care for…
Giving gifts is lovely, seeing someone light up when you hit the mark. And for many, the more personal the present, the more it resonates with them as something extraordinary. But it’s also challenging to know what to get someone exactly and requires you to be attentive to their interests and needs (which is hard…
A lot of people imagine authors as reclusive beings hunched over a typewriter in the wee hours of the night, trying to weave prose together in such a way as to ignite something in their prospective audience. But there’s so much more to putting words on the page, as I found out once I committed…
I began writing my debut novel, Getting By, two weeks after I turned 17 in the October of my junior year in high school. After years of work, it finally became available in August 2020, two months before my 27th birthday! Since I decided to take the self-publishing route for my novel, I controlled the…
After finishing the first draft of my manuscript, I made self-edits and revisions using Grammarly before seeking a professional book editor (I highly recommend you connect with one!) After spending some time researching to find potential editors to work with, I reached out to one I felt would be a good match for me and…
If you were writing your manuscript and I asked you exactly how long it would be, it’s unlikely you’d come back with an exact word count. It’s not one of those things most authors consider when starting to write their story: They just write. But word count controls a few factors when it comes to…
Writing can be challenging. Everyone has their own challenges with the writing process, but I find revising the most frustrating. Revising any of my writing can be difficult, but it is particularly challenging when revising an entire novel. I learned this after revising my debut novel, and I’m going through this experience again halfway through…
Once you’ve put in the time and energy of getting an editor to proofread your manuscript and make the necessary changes, it’s time to put your novel out into the world. It was April 2020 when my editor finished proofreading my manuscript, and I was ready to figure out how to sell my self-published book….