Fiction Writing: Young Adult Fiction

3 units

This is a workshop in writing in the wildly popular genre of Young Adult fiction. Through readings in a variety of recent YA novels, we'll discover how the pros negotiate the particular challenges (and joys) of writing for this age group; through a series of coordinated writing exercises, we'll practice crafting the building blocks of the solid YA story/novel (plot, character, setting, etc.); then, through workshop discussion, students will draft and submit their own YA story or novel sample chapter(s) for constructive response and critique. Writers of all (or no!) levels of prior practice or accomplishment are invited.