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Comment by Hannah Goodman on August 9, 2010 at 1:58pm

Welcome, Alexandra and Emily! Feel free to check out our discussion forums!

Comment by Hannah Goodman on August 5, 2010 at 1:02pm

HI, Everyone, I have seen the question about how we should post our questions about writing for YA...I think we should have a separate section/discussion called Questions for Writing for YA. I'll start that now.

Comment by Tessa Quin on August 5, 2010 at 7:33am

Silvina, I'm in a similar place and I've read a lot of blogs and articles about YA fantasy submissions. As far as I know, there are soooo many YA fantasy manuscripts out there, but if yours is truly good, it will get noticed. The average length for a YA novel is 90-100,000 words, but they usually don't reject 110,000. If they like the manuscript, they'll want to represent it, even though it might be too long. They also usually ask you to change this and that before trying to sell it to a publisher.

Comment by Stephanie Jefferson on August 2, 2010 at 5:33pm

Novel length fantasy for YA is definitely welcome. There are no hard and fast rules about length. Just remember that every word must move the story.

Comment by Silvina on August 2, 2010 at 11:39am

Hi there! New as well. I finished writing my first YA six months ago and now I'm in the thick of thin things, trying to get an agent/publisher, etc.
...and oh yeah, trimming it down to 100,000 words!
Does anyone know exactly how publishers feel about Fantasy YA and the length? Do you think I would get turned down if it's 107,000?

Comment by Candy Fite on August 2, 2010 at 5:29am

Hannah,

If we have particular questions regarding writing for YA, how would you like us to post our questions or discussions? Thanks!

Comment by Adela Crandell Durkee on August 2, 2010 at 3:57am

Candy, I suggested this book to my book club. The subject matter will be a great conversation starter with your daughter.

Deborah, I took a similar class and am started on my book as my thesis project. One thing my advisor suggested was limiting the number of characters. Still and all, The House of the Scorpion has a lot of characters. Critically speaking, maybe two characters were unnecessary, but I only say that because I forgot who they were in relationship to everyone else. I'm not arguing with success, believe me.

Comment by Candy Fite on August 1, 2010 at 6:03am

Adela, that is my daughter's all-time favorite book! I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list. Hope you enjoy it!

Comment by Deborah Brada on July 30, 2010 at 10:08pm

Hi! Last year I took a young adult fiction writing class from Mediabistro. It was a great experience and gave me the structure I needed to write my first YA novel. They suggested that we set our books aside for a couple of weeks before going back in to refine and edit it. Well, that was last summer, and I'm just now picking it back up again. I guess I've just been intimidated to move forward. Hopefully joining this site will give me the kick in the pants I need and help me stay on task. So excited to find it!

Comment by Adela Crandell Durkee on July 30, 2010 at 9:53am

My 11 year old grandson gave me The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. Wow! Great distopia book. He saw someone else reading it, and liked the cover. G-dad and G-mom are both glued to it.

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