Comments on: Guest Post: Writing SF for Young Readers http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Tue, 14 May 2013 14:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: mcsloane.net » David’s Progress http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-88160 mcsloane.net » David’s Progress Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:32:17 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-88160 [...] to Write SF/F for young Adults by Greg R. Fishbone « This has nothing to do with writingSays:October 5th, 2011 at 9:58 am[...] Read the rest at sfwa.org Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted [...]

]]> By: Deva Fagan http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-87269 Deva Fagan Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:19:08 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-87269 Excellent points. Especially about naming things!

]]> By: Phoenix Living » weekend links link … sometimes > Reesa Brown's homepage http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-86705 Phoenix Living » weekend links link … sometimes > Reesa Brown's homepage Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:32:22 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-86705 [...] Advice for how to write SF for young adult readers [...]

]]> By: David’s Progress « mcsloane http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-86211 David’s Progress « mcsloane Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:50:33 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-86211 [...] to Write SF/F for young Adults by Greg R. Fishbone « This has nothing to do with writingSays:October 5th, 2011 at 9:58 am[...] Read the rest at sfwa.org Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted [...]

]]> By: Simon Haynes http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-82826 Simon Haynes Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:15:41 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-82826 Junior SF seems to go one of two ways: The first is zany and over-the-top: e.g. kids stealing a spaceship and shooting down the alien mothership because the adults are all to dumb to do it themselves. These are similar to kids’ movies like Jimmy Neutron.
The second is the more realistic type – like adult SF written for kids, with a younger protagonist and more plausible events.

There’s nothing wrong with either type – if it gets kids reading it has my vote – but the former is allowed more leeway when it comes to physics & vocab & worldbuilding. When the author is aiming for over-the-top action you can forgive a loud explosion in space.

]]> By: David http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-82767 David Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:33:05 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-82767 I agreed with what you said about young adult readers. You need to slowly build the story and characters or the readers will loose interest. Aka you need to “harry potter it.” Style doesn’t matter as much as flow does to young readers.

]]> By: How to Write SF/F for young Adults by Greg R. Fishbone « This has nothing to do with writing http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-writing-sf-for-young-readers/#comment-81812 How to Write SF/F for young Adults by Greg R. Fishbone « This has nothing to do with writing Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:58:16 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=19642#comment-81812 [...] Read the rest at sfwa.org Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in Writing Tips and tagged Greg R. Fishbone, SF/F, Tips, Writing, YA, Young Adult. [...]

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