Write Down, Sell Out.

[veschwab]

Almost everyone who writes YA/MG gets asked at some point when they're going to go on and write "real" books. It's almost like a rite of passage, that question, along with first bad review, etc

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[ext_237115]

Love this rant! I write YA because I love the genre and, honestly, all but one of my ideas that pop into my head are YA. I don't sit down and try to think up YA ideas because that's where the money is. In fact, there's a part of me worried about how fickle trends can be, but that doesn't mean I'm going to change what I write just to follow what's out there.

You rock!

[veschwab]

Exactly. Write what you're passionate about, what comes to you.

[kimharrington]

WORD.

Those tweets about your professor gave me the ANGRIES.

[veschwab]

Heh, most of what the prof says gives me the Angries and Muttered Curses.

[susanadrian]

I hate this too!!

I am also developing a deep dislike for writers who naturally and by interest write for adults, in whatever genre, and then all of a sudden they're like "oh, let's write YA! Because that's what's selling!" Which makes it harder for those of us who want to write YA because WE LOVE IT AND ALWAYS HAVE.

Grr.

[veschwab]

That is definitely something I'm skeptical about, adult authors transitioning to YA. Because it does crowd an already saturated industry even more, and makes it hard for new authors!!

[dawn_metcalf]

Amen.

[veschwab]

:)

[carolinswriting]

I get it. =)

I write both YA and adult urban fantasy... I couldn't control my ideas and how inspiration strikes if I tried. I write, because I don't think I could live without putting that madhouse of crazy character ressiding in my head down on paper. Because life without writing would be sad.

I don't deny, that it would be the most amazing thing in the world if I were able to support myself with my writing and make writing a full time job, aka get money for it. But money is not the crux of the matter. I will still write, even if I'll never get published in my life.

I write, because I love it.

[veschwab]

Of course, everyone wants to be able to do what they love AND make a living at it, but it's not the driving force for most, and it shouldn't be. Passion first, pay second :)