tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post3590957023893659052..comments2024-03-25T05:24:31.357-04:00Comments on Constantine: #IWSG @TheIWSG #WritersSupport #WritersLife #WritersCommunityCathrina Constantinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16960849263181625782noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-8766015665977379322022-03-05T09:10:28.517-05:002022-03-05T09:10:28.517-05:00YA sounds challenging, especially in this era.
Ho...YA sounds challenging, especially in this era. <br />However, I always maintain that less is more; and young adults of today have seen and heard so much more than we did when we were their age, anyway. Michelle Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750092836481599870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-11190797499166039102022-03-04T21:59:57.457-05:002022-03-04T21:59:57.457-05:00I tried a YA and couldn't do it. Too much pres...I tried a YA and couldn't do it. Too much pressure. The mom side of me wanted to stop every character before they did anything wrong. Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-56528602335093271542022-03-03T17:43:06.489-05:002022-03-03T17:43:06.489-05:00I try to write as though no one will ever see what...I try to write as though no one will ever see what I wrote, that way my character can be vulnerable in front of the reader. The more we show what people don't talk about the more people want to read about it:)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793077012143289985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-24844207210214549362022-03-03T10:53:31.633-05:002022-03-03T10:53:31.633-05:00Where to begin the story. Too soon or too late.Where to begin the story. Too soon or too late.Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-60538170428228156092022-03-02T20:02:45.568-05:002022-03-02T20:02:45.568-05:00I don't much like sex scenes in general. They ...I don't much like sex scenes in general. They bore me when I read them, so I never write them. Some of my characters do go beyond kissing, but I never describe the details of it. Of course, I don't write for kids. I write speculative fiction, and my readers are supposed to be at least teenagers, probably older.Olga Godimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358026814685611301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-79423344706886278542022-03-02T18:04:16.921-05:002022-03-02T18:04:16.921-05:00It sounds like writing sex scenes in a YA novel wo...It sounds like writing sex scenes in a YA novel would be really difficult, especially now with so much heightened scrutiny around what kids are reading. It would also be a great opportunity, though, to give kids examples of healthy, fully consensual activity when so many of them learn about sex from their friends or, worse, porn. Janet Alcornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175655692094831262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-26644528415757423312022-03-02T14:16:30.346-05:002022-03-02T14:16:30.346-05:00I'm also a little subtle rather than laying it...I'm also a little subtle rather than laying it all out there. Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-17715323084720529872022-03-02T11:50:58.279-05:002022-03-02T11:50:58.279-05:00I work on the less is better concept when it comes...I work on the less is better concept when it comes to sexy scenes. Let the readers' imaginations do the exquisite work.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614478740889477584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-28277488969919220392022-03-02T11:00:58.506-05:002022-03-02T11:00:58.506-05:00Romantic scenes always put me in conflict.Romantic scenes always put me in conflict.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-8056368277494126752022-03-02T10:06:26.807-05:002022-03-02T10:06:26.807-05:00i always leave those scenes to the reader's im...i always leave those scenes to the reader's imagination.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-11149540838839635952022-03-02T08:49:12.223-05:002022-03-02T08:49:12.223-05:00Scenes where my MC has to bare their soul are usua...Scenes where my MC has to bare their soul are usually hard for me to write, making them vulnerable almost has to make me vulnerable.Debra Renée Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717966370332027353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-76871780796730061372022-03-02T08:44:47.640-05:002022-03-02T08:44:47.640-05:00That's a tough area, but I agree with Alex tha...That's a tough area, but I agree with Alex that their imagination will easily fill the spots...and that leaves you more pages for the main plot and sub-plots.Tonja Dreckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683717853264134466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-6635275874658104222022-03-02T08:06:34.965-05:002022-03-02T08:06:34.965-05:00Thanks AlexThanks AlexCathrina Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960849263181625782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-2851658156198990512022-03-02T08:06:21.302-05:002022-03-02T08:06:21.302-05:00Those scenes are difficult. Those scenes are difficult. Cathrina Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960849263181625782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-28122152869615359792022-03-02T08:04:33.167-05:002022-03-02T08:04:33.167-05:00Kids have a vivid enough imagination as it is - wi...Kids have a vivid enough imagination as it is - wise choice.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481323769336692447.post-11651059658418813012022-03-02T06:41:27.207-05:002022-03-02T06:41:27.207-05:00I'm writing my first YA novel and wrote my fir...I'm writing my first YA novel and wrote my first kissing scene. It was hard. I like reading how other authors do it. I loved Marie Lu's Legend series and agree she did the romance scenes just right.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.com