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Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello there is Peter here again from writers life and coming up today how to write for children and young adults the adults audience is without a doubt one of the most lucrative and exciting markets turns up into the rising popularity of teen fiction and books such as the Harry Potter series or Twilight Saga that appeal to a wide readership from younger children to fully grown adults has been astonishing so how do you write for a young adult readership before you begin it's imperative to do your research and really understand your audience here are some great tips on how to do just that first get inside the mind of your reader what are their likes and dislikes what makes them excited frightened sad or happy understanding they often complex emotions of the why a reader is so important and creating characters that they can resonate with is one of the most crucial ways to engage with them in your book adolescence is a tricky time but one we all have to go through think about how you felt as a teenager what was important to you wasn't your friendships your first loves and your family learning hard lessons about trust responsibility and taking ownership of your actions are key to growing up these milestones are tick boxes that every young adult must go through at some point and at the time each and every one of them feels like a momentous event that will change their life forever capturing these ideas of isolation excitement or fear love and joy are what will make a young adult for a book one that they feel is written specifically for them and next romance almost all successful why a fiction has an element or elements of romance in them even though this may not necessarily be the main theme of the book it's important to consider including a romance in your young adult novel this is a time where teenagers start to have their first crushes first boyfriends or girlfriends first loves and perhaps most importantly first unrequited love placing yourself as a part of that and having the characters in your book go through the emotions the love lust and the heartache is a huge appeal to your target audience a next struggle and growth whatever your story there should be elements of a struggle lessons learnt and growth as a result most teenagers won't resonate with a character that has everything and that lives a totally happy easy existence with no troubles no worries no inner turmoil make your characters real unbelievable they need to struggle to make difficult choices to experience hardships and to learn and grow as a result of them the next include humor just because you are writing some adult fiction doesn't mean it can't be funny in fact making sure you include some scenes of light relief will go down well with your readers sure young adult fiction tends to be fast pace intense but there needs to be some well-placed humor to relieve the tension - and make everything seem not that bad after all writing for a young adult audience isn't easy however if you are able to tap into your inner teen and can creatively and realistically portray characters that your readers can identify and emphasize with you may just be onto a winner and don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination and get organized stay focused finds out - right and finally getting your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more my name's Peter and I'll see you next time bye for now
