From a top young adult literary agent, the only guide on how to write for young adults
With an 87 percent increase in the number of titles published in the last two years, the young adult market is one of the healthiest segments in the industry. Despite this, little has been written to help authors hone their craft to truly connect with this audience. Writing Great Books for Young Adults gives writers the advice they need to tap this incredible market.
Topics covered include:
Listening to the voices of youth
Meeting your young protagonist
Developing a writing style
Constructing plots
Trying on points of view
Agent Regina Brooks has developed award-winning authors across the YA genre, including a Coretta Scott King winner. She attends more than 20 conferences each year, meeting with authors and teaching.
Synopsis
From a top young adult literary agent, the only guide on how to write for young adults
With an 87 percent increase in the number of titles published in the last two years, the young adult market is one of the healthiest segments in the industry. Despite this, little has been written to help authors hone their craft to truly connect with this audience. Writing Great Books for Young Adults gives writers the advice they need to tap this incredible market.
Topics covered include:
Listening to the voices of youth Meeting your young protagonist Developing a writing style Constructing plots Trying on points of view
Agent Regina Brooks has developed award-winning authors across the YA genre, including a Coretta Scott King winner. She attends more than 20 conferences each year, meeting with authors and teaching.
About the Author, Regina Brooks
Regina L. Brooks is the founder of Serendipity Literary and has been developing books for over a decade. She has been highlighted in several national and international magazines and periodicals, including Writers and Poets, Essence Magazine, Writer's Digest Magazine, and Sister2Sister. She lives in New York City, New York.
Experienced literary agent Brooks offers targeted advice for potential authors of young adult fiction. Though her general suggestions regarding plot, characters, and point of view may be found in many standard fiction-writing guides, Brooks's knowledge of the 12- to 18-year-old market adds meaningful value. As if following her recommendation to maintain a brisk pace in YA books, she moves through her topics quickly; plot and dialog are given the most page space, while the publishing process is given only cursory coverage. VERDICT Brooks offers writers who are serious about attracting teen readers solid guidance through the creation process of writing YA fiction. Writers looking for detailed information about the steps that follow the manuscript's completion will likely want to supplement this title with others, such as Michael Larsen's How To Get a Literary Agent or Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato's Thinking Like Your Editor.—Stacey Rae Brownlie, Lititz P.L., PA
