On Aug 27, 2007, at 9:32 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > On 27 Aug 2007, at 17:08, Dave Land wrote: > >> On Aug 26, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: >>> >>>> Oh... it's a "Young adult novel." I'm adult and read novels... >>>> but having passed the half-century mark a bit over a year ago, >>>> I'm not sure this is for me. >>> >>> A well-written young adult novel is still good, just takes less >>> time to read, is all. :) >> >> The "Tiffany Aching" stories in the Discworld series by Terry >> Pratchett are aimed at "young adults", but it is some of Pratchett's >> best writing -- he obviously loves this story line and character and >> puts a lot of tenderness (as well as his trademark wit) into it. > > Many people think RAHs young adult novels were his best work. Many SF > and fantasy writers have produced their best work writing for and > about teenagers and young adults.
I wonder if the discipline of writing for a specific audience works for SFF writers like the discipline of writing poetry in a specific form does for some poets who argue that working within a form improves their writing. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
