More YA ThoughtsartemisgreyvaleNovember 2 2009, 17:13:33 UTC
If you have any interest (and the time required) to expound upon and post in depth about YA facts and theories and such at a later date you'll have at least one rapt reader on the matter. I wish I'd been at the Con to suck up as much of what was discussed as possible. This whole YA thing has become a sort of obsession for me, trying to get inside the innards of it all and see what makes it go. For example, the person with whom you dined who said she knew that Harry P and Twilight would cross social phenoms. I want to be able to see that. I can look at a foal and tell you what activities it'll be adept at when it grows into a horse. Now I want to be able to do that with my writing.
I'm aware that quite a bit of skill will come from experience, simply studying other books that have done well and such. But I'm fascinated by the psyche of what makes a book cross social phenoms and age barriers, what gives it that draw.
Re: More YA ThoughtsartemisgreyvaleNovember 2 2009, 19:09:08 UTC
Agreed. Which is why I love standing next to wise people so that their wisdom seeps into me through osmosis and sharp hearing. It's almost like reciting oral histories that way. You learn on your own as well, and some things can't be learned at all, you just feel them or have a sense for them or not. But talking with the folks that have 'been there' is a great opportunity for learning.
Re: More YA ThoughtssartoriasNovember 2 2009, 19:21:56 UTC
yep...but also a great opportunity to experience the holes in one's own head. I can hear someone explain some simple concepts in, say, the phenomenology of physics, but ten minutes later my knuckles drag the ground again and as I wipe away my drool I'm thinking "What was that again?"
I'm aware that quite a bit of skill will come from experience, simply studying other books that have done well and such. But I'm fascinated by the psyche of what makes a book cross social phenoms and age barriers, what gives it that draw.
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