I write with teenagers in mind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like to write about teenagers because it's such an uncertain and dramatic time.
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 for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years.
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.
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?'
I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.
I mean, I don't write for kids.
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.
I've been writing since I was 19.
Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'