May: 77 Secrets to Writing Young Adult Fiction That Sells!

77 Secrets To Writing Young Adult Fiction That Sells

Instructor: Tiffany Lawson Inman

May 3 - 31;   Fee: $30

Are YOU the next Suzanne Collins, Richelle Meed, Cassandra Claire, Veronica Roth, Darynda Jones, Richard Paul Evens, or Sara Zarr?

Make sure you are pushing the Bestselling Young Adult Fiction envelope with your writing craft and story. Agents want extraordinary voice, extraordinary story, extraordinary character.

Are you giving it to them?

No matter which YA sub-genre you write, including, Paranormal, Contemporary, Dystopian, Historical, Horror, Scifi, Fantasy, Mystery, YA writing has to be better than great to get published. YA writing has to be better than great to rise to the top of the ever increasing competition.

Course Topics:

• Writer’s-eyes-only Interviews with bestselling YA authors, YA super agents, YA debut authors
• Dissecting Top Ten YA fiction from 2010/11 for a prime learning experience, exposing layers of writing craft that will get you sold.
• Understanding Highs and Lows of the emotional teeter-totter underlying your character motivations
• Focus your authentic YA voice: dialogue, framework, phrasing – sometimes the only thing between you and the top of the pile.
• Talk the talk and walk the walk: solid characters/ characterization from protagonist to the neighbor kid working the counter at the pizza joint
• Learning Do’s and Don’ts of writing warm n’fuzzy and hot n’steamy
• Maneuvering between the delicate fibers of teenagers and their guardians
• Pulling your reader's psychological strings and manipulating the cinematography behind your POV's lens
• Extra Extra! Are you up for the challenge of co-authoring YA with your son/daughter?