Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.' And then there are the letters from adults who say, 'This is such a good book; why did you write it for teens?'
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Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'
I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.
I write with teenagers in mind.
Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?
Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.
I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.
I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.
I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.
Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
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