Guest Post: Alexandria LaFaye on Acting Your Age: Writing Across the Ages of Young Readers
By Alexandria LaFaye
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Kicking, screaming, and spinning tantrums are appropriate in a picture book—though surprisingly sparse in children’s literature for how prevalent the are in the life of most children, but we don’t expect to see a teenager spinning on the floor throwing a fit because the "'rents won’t extend curfew."
Know your audience when you write across the ages/genres of children’s and young adult literature.
(Harcourt, 2001)For instance, when does a...
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Kicking, screaming, and spinning tantrums are appropriate in a picture book—though surprisingly sparse in children’s literature for how prevalent the are in the life of most children, but we don’t expect to see a teenager spinning on the floor throwing a fit because the "'rents won’t extend curfew."
Know your audience when you write across the ages/genres of children’s and young adult literature.
(Harcourt, 2001)For instance, when does a...
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