tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632086038992984402.post5765801154851923773..comments2023-09-21T18:55:56.147+10:00Comments on Call My Agent!: How old is young adult? - reduxAgent Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10784243352820485192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632086038992984402.post-21975282547260409352010-03-05T15:05:58.961+11:002010-03-05T15:05:58.961+11:00Definitely agree. It's not one size fits all....Definitely agree. It's not one size fits all. But if the call goes out for a book for age 8 you don't make your characters 15. To an 8 year old a 15 year old is almost ready for retirement. <br /><br />IF you write for an eight year old you have to fit that into your head. Once I asked a few authors and editors what kid age they are in their heads. What I found in those answers was that if they said they are still 12 in their heads, that's the kind of fiction group they usually wrote for. If they said 15, that is usually what they wrote.<br />Some of them did both YA novels and also picture books, but there weren't a lot of them. And illustrators probably tended to exclusively do picture books which is commonly 0- to 6-ish depending on the child's ability to read.<br />But most important is the ability to communicate to children on a trust. Children are very sophisticated and can detect somebody who is pretending to be something they aren't. Never talk down.Zara Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573081736355323976noreply@blogger.com